Frank Gehry Furniture Collection

At the same time even more of an effort was made to emphasize the rough unfinished texture of the cardboard as seen here in the carumba side chair.
Frank gehry furniture collection. The vitra design museum from 1989 by frank gehry was the first public building on the campus as well as the architect s first building in europe. Weisman art museum in minneapolis. And the walt disney concert. The frank gehry house.
Aug 26 2014 explore ruth gerdina s board frank gehry furniture cardboard on pinterest. February 28 1929 is a canadian born american architect residing in los angeles. Terms conditionsterms conditions. See more ideas about frank gehry furniture frank gehry cardboard furniture.
Born frank owen goldberg. Today the museum is partly based on the own broad collection of 20th century furniture as well as host of visiting exhibitions. New bentwood furniture designsshowing may 8 june 27 1993known primarily for his architecture frank gehry has made occasional forays into furniture design. One of the most celebrated architects of the second half of the 20th century frank gehry has made a career of pushing boundaries and questioning what architecture can do.
Gehry created his bentwood furniture collection for knoll in 1992. Inspired by wooden crates and bushel baskets gehry designed a collection of lightweight low cost production bentwood. In experimental edges gehry went even deeper with more intricate designs. The end result was a structurally lightweight ribbon like design.
A number of his buildings including his private residence have become world renowned attractions his works are cited as being among the most important works of contemporary architecture in the 2010 world architecture survey which led. The heller modern furniture collection reflects the company s experimentation with asymmetrical forms and plastic composites as well collaborations with celebrated contemporary designers including massimo vignelli mario bellini and frank gehry. Frank owen gehry cc faia ˈ ɡ ɛər i. His work defies categorization but has made him an icon of current architecture with such projects as the vitra museum in weil am rhein germany.
2016 heller inc. Frank gehry also created a bentwood furniture collection for knoll in 1992. The guggenheim museum in bilbao spain. Frank gehry is one of the most sought after internationally recognized and prolific architects and designers in the world today.