Three young architects (one Catalan, Antonio Bonet Castellana, and two Argentines, Juan Kurchan and Jorge Ferrari Hardoy) had arrived in Argentina after they met in the Parisian atelier of Swiss architect Le Corbusier. In December 1938 the BKF was born from ideas that began in Paris, a chair consisting of an iron frame of 12 mm with a leather hanging. The leather was commissioned by a saddler, Rossi Caruso, that manufactured the mounts for polo players of the time. The artisan, Cuatrini, had his workshop in Castelar (Buenos Aires). He not only made Bonet's other models, but also the prototype for the Safari BKF designed by Amancio Williams, which they sent to New York. The BKF chair was on display at Harrods and was presented in the First Hall of Decorative Artists of Buenos Aires in 1943, organized by the National Ministry of Culture, and won First Prize. Antonio Bonet and his daughter. After winning the award in 1943, the American Edgar Kaufman Jr., curator of the Museum of Modern Art in New York (MOMA), bought two chairs for $25 each.
One was for the museum's permanent collection, the other for his father's home, a collector of high design, as he had a house Neutra, another in Mies, and the other third was the famous Falling Water house of Frank Lloyd Wright, which was where the BKF came to reside. In 1944, BKF received the Acquisition of MOMA prize, and in 1945 was presented in the Pavilion "Jeu de Pomme" in Paris. There the chair was seen by the director of the magazine Architecture d'Aujourd'hui, where he asked for it and began to produce them to sell to subscribers. He used the name “AA chair”, although this was not economically beneficial to the original designers when compared to the production in the U.S. Soon after, the company Hans Knoll started production of the armchairs. The son of a renowned furniture maker in Germany began to produce them under the name Butterfly for the company Knoll International beginning in 1947, until the war stopped production because of the shortage of steel. In a 1954 article, George Nelson introduced the Tripolina, the chair used by the Italian officers in North Africa, more or less a folding BKF, but with a wooden frame.
Thus was established the connection between the BKF and Tripolina. In the sixties, the BKF was produced by Six, a company at which John Kurchan was a partner. Like any piece of culture, the most interesting thing is to find the original, a very difficult thing to do with the BKF. Perhaps the original is the one displayed in the MOMA in New York. This piece of furniture works in environments like a contemporary sculpture, aerial and lightweight, not depending on the architectural box, either inside or outside, and it possesses independence because it can stand on its own and still meld with other furniture without blending in. The BKF represents not only the design to come, also the design criteria characteristic of Argentina: constructive synthesis, functional freedom and current form. The BKF is considered one of the pieces of the most prominent modernist industrial design and distributed the last half century, and is without a doubt, the Argentine design product most known worldwide.
Its impact, both in the design and pop culture, lies in its clear synthesis, achieving universal and timeless qualities. Its creators, architects Bonet, Kurchan and Ferrari Hardoy never imagined the global impact that this chair would have, to the point of becoming a “cult object ." January 2016, we were on the cover of the Australian Home & Garden MagazineBig BKF Chair / Black Iron Frame Big BKF high quality vegetable tanned leather with black frame. Natural range marks, scars and wrinkles confirm the authenticity of the leather and enhance the... Big BKF Chair / Stainless Steel Frame Big BKF high quality vegetable tanned leather with Stainless Steel frame that comes with an elegant matte finish and will lasts a lifetime. Big BKF Chair / Chrome Frame High quality vegetable tanned leather is used to manufacture this leather covers, modern matching with the luxurious silver chrome demountable frame structure. Tripolina Natural Haya Wooden Frame Handmade Original Tripolina-Butterfly Chair with Natural Wooden Frame from Argentina
Tripolina Oak Wooden Frame Handmade Original Tripolina-Butterfly Chair with "Oak" Wooden Frame from Argentina Tripolina Wengue (black) wooden frame Handmade Original Tripolina-Butterfly Chair with Wengue (black) Wooden Frame from Argentina Manufactured by Artek-Pascoe, Inc., New York, NY Painted wrought-iron rod and leather Overall: 34 3/8 x 32 3/4 x 29 3/4" (87.3 x 83.2 x 75.6 cm) Edgar Kaufmann, Jr. Fund This work is on view on Floor 3, in an Exhibitions Gallery, with 123 other works online. Jorge Ferrari Hardoy has There are 9,565 design works online. There are 639 furniture and interiors online. The B.K.F. Chair—also known as the Hardoy Chair, Butterfly Chair, Safari Chair, Sling Chair, or Wing Chair—was designed in Buenos Aires. Its name credits its three designers. The first two B.F.K. chairs to come to the United States went to Fallingwater, Edgar Kaufmann Jr.'s home in Pennsylvania (designed by family friend Frank Lloyd Wright), and to MoMA.
Kaufmann accurately predicted that the lightweight and inexpensive lounge chair would become hugely popular in the U.S., particularly on the West Coast. Artek-Pascoe produced the chair from 1941 to 1948, sending royalties back to Argentina. Knoll Associates acquired U.S. production rights in the late 1940s and unsuccessfully pursued legal action against unauthorized copies, which continue to be produced to this day. from What Was Good Design? MoMA's Message 1944–56, May 6, 2009–January 10, 2011 Licensing of MoMA images and videos is handled by Art Resource (North America) and Scala Archives (all other geographic locations). All requests should be addressed directly to those agencies, which supply high-resolution digital image files provided to them directly by the Museum. This record is a work in progress. > > > bkf chair > Relevancy Transaction Level Response Rate Compare simple latest design kindergarten plastic chairs Chengdu Yizhou Plastics Manufacture Co., Ltd. US $1.5-2.0 100 Sets Compare patchwork chair Ningbo Xinsheng Industrial Enterprise Company Limited Compare 2016 Comfortable Fashion Ergonomic Modern Popular Racing Chair Anji Xinrenjie Furniture Co., Ltd. US $30-70 210 Pieces Transaction Level Compare E-Skarner 2017 furniture office boss best leather chair Anji E-Skarner Furniture Co.
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