Contract - June 2013 - (Page 112)
A Chair so Comfortable
it Just Might Contribute
to World Peace
the star of the renovated United nations
trusteeship Council Chamber (see page 102) is the
appropriately named Council Chair, newly designed
by Kasper salto and thomas sigsgaard, of the
danish firm salto & sigsgaard, which completed
the interior renovation of the chamber originally
designed by Finn Juhl. danish manufacturer
onecollection produced 20 chairs for the chamber,
10 of which surround a unique secretariat table
also designed by salto & sigsgaard.
“We wanted the chairs to be good tools for
the secretaries, who sit in them for long hours, like
the inside of a soft leather glove, with a hard outside
shell that matched the overall neutral colors of
the chamber,” sigsgaard says. “the chair is also
incredibly mobile, making it easy to get in and out
of without disturbing the session.”
salto and sigsgaard admire Juhl’s deliberate
exposure of construction elements in the chamber
and emulated this approach in designing the contact
point between chair and body. “For such simplicity,
just a shell and a base, we needed a supremely
flexible material,” sigsgaard says. “the reholz 3d
oak veneer we chose would still crack in such an
extreme angled connection, so we ended up creating
the chair in two pieces, which, as it turns out, allows
for greater give.”
the two pieces are joined with a section of
spring steel, enhancing the chair’s tilt and swivel
mechanism for more maneuverability. a quick
lead time of just one year significantly influenced
the designers’ selection of the method of production.
the Council Chairs debuted in the renovated
chamber in april, the same month onecollection
displayed the chair at milan’s salone internazionale
del mobile. it was also shown at the international
Contemporary Furniture Fair (iCFF) in new york
in may. —Zoe settle
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photography: hans ole madsen
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Columnist: Making the Decision to Respond to an RFP
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