Ball Chair
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Ball Chair | |
Designer : Eero Aarnio | |
Date : 1966 | |
Country : Finland | |
Materials : Acrylic frame. Fabric or leather inner. | |
Style/Tradition : Modernist | |
Dimensions: (WxDxH) | |
Colours : originally red, (now variable) |
The Ball Chair was designed by Finnish furniture designer Eero Aarnio in 1966. The Ball Chair is also known as the globe chair is famous for its unconventional shape. It is considered a classic of industrial design. More recent versions have increased the overall size and added interesting features including music and mp3 player integration.
[edit] See also
- List of chairs
- Bubble Chair
- Official Aarnio website [1]
- Inmod has created a larger American made Ball chair with Speakers and iPod/mp3 player integration [2]