mr chaise longue chair
Design Ludwig Mies van der Rohe,
1927
Stainless steel, Leather, sponge
"Influenced by Marcel Breuer's use of tubular steel, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe quickly recognized the compatibility of this revolutionary material with the contemporary design ethos. Inspired by the lines of tubular iron rockers designed in Europe during the mid-19th century, Mies incorporated a new material and a new technology in the use of the cantilever principle. The MR Collection of tubular steel lounge furniture includes the MR chairs, chaise lounge, and adjustable chaise lounge. After working in his father's stonemasonry business and engaging furniture apprenticeships, Mies established his own office in Berlin, and later became a member of the Deutscher Werkbund and Director of the Bauhaus. He immigrated to the United States in 1938, setting up a practice in Chicago where he persued his architecture career and later became the director of architecture at the Institute of Technology in Chicago.
Black upholstered chairs will be fitted with black cowhide straps. All other color options, the upholstery will be sandwiched to belting thickness on both front and back, with sides left natural."
610 w | 1920 d | 900 h

German-American Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886 – 1969) commonly known as Mies, is widely regarded as one of the pioneering masters of modern architecture, alongside Le Corbusier and Frank Lloyd Wright. He sought to establish a new architectural style that could represent modern times just as Classical and Gothic did for their own eras. His buildings made use of modern materials and he strived towards a minimal framework of structural order balanced against the implied freedom of free-flowing open space. He is often associated with the aphorisms "less is more" and "God is in the details". Mies designed pieces that have become popular classics, such as the Barcelona chair and table, the Brno chair, and the Tugendhat chair. His furniture is known for fine craftsmanship, a mix of traditional luxurious fabrics, like leather, combined with modern chrome frames, and a distinct separation of the supporting structure and the supported surfaces, often employing cantilevers to enhance the feeling of lightness created by delicate structural frames. He collaborated closely with interior designer and companion Lilly Reich.

American furniture brand Knoll has been adhering to the Bauhaus design concept for 75 years, that is, modern furniture should fill the interior space of the building instead of occupying space. At Knoll, modern design has always been our guiding principle and our passion has always been shared by our global customers and design experts.
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Knoll is also a responsible brand and a founding sponsor of the World Heritage Foundation (WMF) Risk Modernism Program. WMF is a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting the world's architectural heritage. Committed to protecting modernist masterpieces that were built less than a century after construction, they are often dismantled, destroyed or abandoned.