October 28th, 2009

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The Bertoia Chair Makes Your House a Home

It can be overwhelming to contemplate decorating your home. It’s often the case that you know what style you like, but are unsure as to how to get started.  For those who appreciate the look of modern furniture, a great place to start is with a bertoia chair or even the bertoia stool.

Harry Bertoia invented the bertoia chair, and he was one of the most legendary bertoia stool designers of the mid-century period. Bertoia was fond of metalwork, and created his signature chair, then called the “Diamond chair”, in the 1950’s.   Of this chair he said, “If you look at these chairs, they are mainly made of air, like sculpture. Space passes right through them.” The chair’s look is achieved with molded lattice work of welded steel, part of a five piece collection from the Knoll company.

Bertoia was, in addition to being a furniture designer, but also a university lecturer and a sculptor.   This unique combination of talents probably had a big influence on his design thinking.  Being able to integrate knowledge and design makes for stunning result.   Bertoia was most comfortable working with metal, and from this starting point, he was able to re-imagine chair design and modern furniture design.

The bertoia chair is, without a doubt, a major aspect of today’s modern furniture. Bertoia created practical art by experimenting with the bending of metal rods. The modern furniture is simply another aspect of the beautiful design collection. The design is “classically modern” in that it appears perpetually modern, though originally conceived almost 60 years ago.   The look is a signature mid-century creation, but it remains very popular even today.

Modern furniture design is generally thougt of as clean, sophisticated, and simple. If you think that you would love the clean modern look, you can begin by integrating pieces into whatever you currently have in your room. A consideration is to just begin by decorating one room, to keep the budget doable. Still, it is easy to go over budget, even when decorating just one room!  Pick modern pieces one by one, which helps a lot with keeping the boundaries of your budget while meeting your goals.  Begin by adding a simple and attractive bertoia chair or bertoia stool, and you can later add pieces to complete your modern new look.

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