Friedrich von BorriesA “My Last Thonet” Rollator, Friedrich...
Friedrich von BorriesA “My Last Thonet” Rollator, Friedrich von Borries & Frieder Bohaumilitzky,
Berlin 2019, elements of Thonet mod. 214 and Thonet mod. 219 chairs, bent beechwood, net, on castors, height (DRAX)A unique piece.
On the occasion of the exhibition "Bentwood and Beyond. Thonet and Modern Furniture 2019 Design" at the MAK in Vienna.
Lit..:
S. Hackenschmidt - W. Thillmann, Bentwood and Beyond, Thonet and Modern Furniture Design, exh. cat., Museum of Applied Art (MAK), Basel 2019, ill. p. 21
Auctioned in favour of the purchase of the parquet pattern boards of the Thonet brothers, Vienna c. 1855, for the collection of the Museum of Applied Arts (MAK), Vienna.
On the occasion of the company's bicentenary, the architect and design theorist Friedrich von Borries and the designer Frieder Bohaumilitzky designed the first Thonet rollator. What at first glance looks like a humorous commentary on the venerable age of Thonet, at closer inspection reveals itself as an intensive examination of both the history and future of Thonet from the perspective of ecological sustainability. This is because the rollator consists of different original parts from Thonet 214 and Thonet 219 chairs. It thus suggests that an ecologically sustainable future does not constantly need new products, but novelties that are developed based on existing ones. In much the same way, the rollator exemplifies a new use of preexisting parts. Automatically translated by DeepL. To see the original version, click here.
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Friedrich von BorriesA “My Last Thonet” Rollator, Friedrich von Borries & Frieder Bohaumilitzky,
Berlin 2019, elements of Thonet mod. 214 and Thonet mod. 219 chairs, bent beechwood, net, on castors, height (DRAX)A unique piece.
On the occasion of the exhibition "Bentwood and Beyond. Thonet and Modern Furniture 2019 Design" at the MAK in Vienna.
Lit..:
S. Hackenschmidt - W. Thillmann, Bentwood and Beyond, Thonet and Modern Furniture Design, exh. cat., Museum of Applied Art (MAK), Basel 2019, ill. p. 21
Auctioned in favour of the purchase of the parquet pattern boards of the Thonet brothers, Vienna c. 1855, for the collection of the Museum of Applied Arts (MAK), Vienna.
On the occasion of the company's bicentenary, the architect and design theorist Friedrich von Borries and the designer Frieder Bohaumilitzky designed the first Thonet rollator. What at first glance looks like a humorous commentary on the venerable age of Thonet, at closer inspection reveals itself as an intensive examination of both the history and future of Thonet from the perspective of ecological sustainability. This is because the rollator consists of different original parts from Thonet 214 and Thonet 219 chairs. It thus suggests that an ecologically sustainable future does not constantly need new products, but novelties that are developed based on existing ones. In much the same way, the rollator exemplifies a new use of preexisting parts. Automatically translated by DeepL. To see the original version, click here.
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