• — not member yet ? Hello all, I have just acquired this ball chair and am trying to figure out if it's an original Eero Aarnio or a reproduction. There are no markings on it that I can see, I've gone over it a good few times. I've seen similar online being called originals with no markings. The fabric seems to be wool, the body heavy. I think it's fibreglass. There is some loss around the edges and it has plenty of scratches. The ball part comes off the base. Any help would be greatly appreciated, I've emailed Eero Aarnio but they have yet to get back to me. "Summer Sale" Cognac Chairs... Eero Aarnio 'Pirtti' Chairs... Eero Aarnio Pastille chair Add Item to Cart Buy with Confidence with Very Good — This vintage item has no defects, but it may show slight traces of use. Restoration and Damage Details: Front Door Delivery - 2 to 4 weeks Import duty is not included in the prices you see online. You may have to pay import duties upon receipt of your order.
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The delivery partner will email and/or call you one day in advance to arrange a delivery time. Please examine every order upon delivery. In the event that there are visible signs of damage or missing or incorrect pieces, please indicate the problem on the Delivery Note and contact us within 48 hours of delivery. A signed delivery receipt without notations of missing, damaged, or incorrect item(s) represents your acceptance of the complete order in perfect condition. It comes in red, white, blue, and for the serious clean-cut rebel: HOT PINK!!!Teen Wishlist IdeasKids Desk ChairCool Desk ChairsWhite Desk ChairDorm DeskChairs WhiteKids TableRoller DeskTeen RollerForwardTHIS IS #1 ON MY WISHLIST!!!!!!! I LOVE IT PLEASEEEEE SOMEONE GET THIS FOR ME! Rockin' Roller Desk Chairs #pbteenEero Aarnio achieved his breakthrough as a designer at the international Furniture Fair in 1966 in Cologne, as the Ball Chair, sometimes called the Globe Chair, attracted the attention of experts. In 1966 the Ball Chair was presented at the international furniture fair in Cologne.In its brochure, the Vitra Design Museum described the Designer Chair as a work between furniture design and architecture, a view which is also reflected in Eero Aarnio’s dictum that the chair is "a space within a space".
Since that time the design of the Ball Chair has lost none of its topicality - on the contrary, it has influenced, inspired and co-created many generations. The secret of its success is the simplicity of the geometric shape of the ball. In nature, it stands for stability and balance, perfection and beauty, but also for power, energy and infinite complexity in mathematics. Finally, in philosophy, it represents the human striving after knowledge and accomplishment. The Italian painter Giotto is said to have been able to draw a perfect circle freehand. Most certainly, watching Eero Aarnio design his master pieces would give him real pleasure. To test the dimensions of the Chair, he painted a circle in the later original size of the Chair and tried its movements, which is how he later arrived at the correct size of the ball. It should be comfortable to get in and out; however, the finished ball Chair should fit through a door - a balance that was achieved by constant trial and error.
Maybe Giotto is not the only one who would enjoy the sight of the designer at work... Thus, the path to the Ball Chair by Adelta, one of the turning points in twentieth century furniture design, was as unconventional as the result, which continues to impress individualists around the world even forty years after its premiere. Can you imagine the Ball Chair in green with red upholstery? Or in orange and purple? You can find out about what Ball Chair type you are by clicking on the Also in our blog:60s DesignExposition: Vitra shows organic designBirthday: Eero Aarnio is 79 years old E-MailSend us an E-Mail with this form.Your nameE-Mail addressTelephone numberSubjectMessage* Required × Questions about the product? fibreglass, Fabric Kvadrat Tonus (90% new wool, 10% Helanca) Height: 120 cm, Depth: 98 cm, Length: 105 cm, Diameter: 98 cm 39 kg (without packaging)Lsc ChairsTotw Chairs1960S ChairsLounge ChairsFurniture Loose1970S FurnitureFurniture SeatingAntique FurnitureDesign FurnitureForwardBall chair by Eero Aarnio |
Ball Chair by Eero Aarnio 1963 The Ball Chair - or Globe Chair as it's called sometimes - was designed by using one of the most simple geometric forms - the ball. Cutting of a part and fixing it at one point Eero Aarnio comes to a remarkable result - a completely unconventional shaped chair: A Ball Chair is a "room within a room" with a cozy and calm athmosphere, protecting outside noises and giving a private space for relaxing or having a phonecall. Turning around its own axis on the base the view to the outer space is variable for the user and thus he is not completely excluded from world outside. The Vitra Design Museum notes in his brochure on the Ball Chair miniature: "It is something between a piece of furniture and a piece of architecture and at the same time embodies both the mobile and the established, the fixed." - You'll find this miniature at the Vitra Design Museum's Shop. Aarnio: "The idea of the chair was very obvious. We had moved to our first home and I had started my free-lance career in 1962.
We had a home but no proper big chair, so I decided to make one, but some way a really new one. After some drawing I noticed that the shape of the chair had become so simple that it was merely a ball. I pinned the full scale drawing on the wall and ‚sat' in the chair to see how my head would move when sitting inside it. Being the taller one of us I ‚sat' in the chair and my wife drew the course of my head on the wall. This is how I determined the height of the chair. Since I aimed at a ball shape, the other lines were easy to draw, just remembering that the chair would have to fit through a doorway. After this I made the first prototype myself using an inside mould, which has been made using the same principle as a glider fuselage or wing. I covered the plywood body mould with wet paper and laminated the surface with fiberglass, rubbed down the outside, removed the mould from inside, had it upholstered and added the leg. In the end I installed the red telephone on the inside wall of the chair.
The naming part of the chair was easy, the BALL CHAIR was born." The result was great. It was the birth of one of the most remarkable chairs in the furniture history of the 20th century. This first hand made Ball Chair is still standing in Eero's house. It was this first prototype two young managers from the company Asko discovered when visiting Eero to see some pine wood designs. They were immediatly impressed and convinced of the phenomenal design. It took a few years to get it into production. 1966 the Ball Chair was presented at the international furniture fair in Cologne. It was the sensation of the fair, the international breakthrough for Eero Aarnio and the start for a whole line of fibreglass designs by Aarnio. The video EERO AARNIO - solid shapes of the Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE gives some insight on how ball chairs are made. If you like to see the Aarnio furniture in different colors please visit our colors page. where to buy Aarnio designs