Harry Bertoia, Diamond Chair (1952)
Harry Bertoia is a sculptor, university lecturer and furniture designer in Italy. He also is an inventor of form of furniture design with new materials. He also explored the modern design with his line of metal wire furniture for Knoll Associate in 1952. His diamond chair and bird chair based on wire grids. Many people inspirit from his idea of chair through the metal.
Charles and Ray Eames, LCM dining chair (1946)
Charles and Ray Eames are the couple that married in 1941, their design became an important souse of modern design from 1941 to 1978. They also worked at industrial design, architecture, graphic design and film. Their furniture is modern design with plywood material. Also the Eames pioneered innovative technologies, such as the fiberglass, plastic resin chair and the wire mesh chairs designed for Herman Miller.
Bibliography:
Pina, Leslie A., 1947, Fifties Furniture: Book for Designers and Collectors, 2nd Ed., and expanded.
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