ETERNIT CONCRETE LOOP CHAIR DESIGN BY WILLY GUHL
ETERNIT
CONCRETE LOOP CHAIR DESIGN BY WILLY GUHL
Eternit, made and imported from Switzerland.
The Willy Guhl Loop Chair: legendary for a reason! The Willy Guhl Loop Chair is
the eternal classic modernist outdoor lounge chair. The Loop Chair is a timeless
modern chair with a distinctive and convincing structural clarity, a beautiful
lounge chair. It is perfect for both indoor- and outdoor spaces.
The Loop Chair was designed in 1954 by Swiss designer, Willy Guhl, for Eternit
in Switzerland. The Loop Chair is handmade of eternit: a light gray, cellulose
infused fiber cement like concrete, which is nearly indestructible. It is an
elegant piece of outdoor furniture that's indifferent to harsh outdoor elements
including sun, snow and hail. Willy Guhl's loop chair is made with a single
self-supporting fiber cement loop, hence its name, the Loop Chair. The chair,
which would look amazing at any pool side, garden terrace or in a large loft
space. It is lightweight and easy to move around, making it a perfect lounge
chair.
Our Willy Guhl Loop Chair is handmade and imported from Switzerland.
The
self-supporting and stable looped-form construction is a milestone in the
history of design. The so-called “beach chair” even became part of the
collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
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'' We can make anything we want, we just have to have ideas.
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WILLY GUHL
WILLY GUHL
1915 - 2004
CAREER /
EDUCATION
Born in Stein
am Rhein in 1915
1930 – 1933 : Apprenticeship as a cabinet maker in
Schaffhausen
1934 – 1939 : Attended the course in interior design at
the KGSZ
1939 : Own studio
1941 :
Teacher for interior construction at the kgsz
1951 :
Invited to take up a position at the federal akademie der künste stuttgart –
guhl turned down the offer
1951 – 1981 :
Head of the course on interior construction at the kgsz
died in
2004
AREA OF
EXPERTISE
Taught at the
Kunstgewerbeschule Zurich.
As attested
by his work, Willy Guhl was open to the use of new materials. His works were
characterised by their simplicity, usefulness and self-evident function.
Various
projects as teacher at the KGSZ.
Garden exhibition G 59, project with the KGSZ
Various objects in collaboration with eternit (switzerland)
AG
Various objects in collaboration with dietiker table
factory
From 1968,
projects with agricultural machine manufacturer AEBI
Various
competitions and exhibitions
Cofounder of
the VSI and SID (swiss association of industrial designers)
DINSTINCTIONS
The plant
containers rondo and excenter received the award “die gute form” in 1966.
