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Designer • Harry Bertoia
Harry Bertoia (1915-1978)
Bertoia in Detroit he studied sculpture and painting at the "Institute of tecnology".
In 1937 he become a lecturer at the "Detroit school od arts and Craft" and at the "Cranbrook academy of the arts".
In the 40's he began to experiment with design furniture he tought at the "Cranbrook academy", Blumfields (Michigan).
In the small workshop in Bally, Bertoia created a new series of sculptures with new shapes from which little he evolded the outline of the chairs made of still rods.
Bertoia states that his design his intended to create a space which is more pleasurable and diversified via the process of combining technicall work with creative art.
"Space permeates them", he wrote of his chair, "if you look at them carefully you can see that they are made primarily of air, like a sculpture".
He also visualized the char has a sculpture in space.
This is why in took hearth primarily the spatial quality, the colour and the caracteristics of the metal.
Bertoia in Detroit he studied sculpture and painting at the "Institute of tecnology".
In 1937 he become a lecturer at the "Detroit school od arts and Craft" and at the "Cranbrook academy of the arts".
In the 40's he began to experiment with design furniture he tought at the "Cranbrook academy", Blumfields (Michigan).
In the small workshop in Bally, Bertoia created a new series of sculptures with new shapes from which little he evolded the outline of the chairs made of still rods.
Bertoia states that his design his intended to create a space which is more pleasurable and diversified via the process of combining technicall work with creative art.
"Space permeates them", he wrote of his chair, "if you look at them carefully you can see that they are made primarily of air, like a sculpture".
He also visualized the char has a sculpture in space.
This is why in took hearth primarily the spatial quality, the colour and the caracteristics of the metal.
Chair
Armchair
Stool
