tom vac chair
Design Ron Arad,
1999
Steel, polypropylene
Tom Vac is a versatile chair and fits in well with a variety of different environments. It can be used individually in shops, offices, homes, or in multiples around tables in restaurants, meeting and conference rooms... wherever large numbers of chairs are needed, indoors or outdoors. The outdoor version comes with a galvanized and powder-coated frame with a dull silver finish and its plastic shell contains additives that prevent color fading. Tom Vac is elegant and comfortable. The plastic seat shell is generously proportioned and offers a high degree of comfort, while its corrugated structure provides stability and flexibility. Up to five chairs will stack with ease to save space.
640W*640D*750H
Born in Tel Aviv, Israel 1951, Ron Arad studied at the Jerusalem Academy of Art, 1971 to 1973. Later, he studied at the Architecture Association, London, being trained by Peter Cook and graduating in 1979. He is primarily known for his early furniture designs such as the Rover chair (recycled car seats set upon a frame of curved scaffolding poles), and his Well Tempered Chair. He has designed the Bookworm bookshelf and FPE chair for Kartell, Tom Vac Chairs for Vitra, upholstered sofas for Moroso and more recently the Baby Boop dishes for Alessi. For over 10 years he has been working as a lecturer in various industrial design departments and as an interior design lecturer at the Royal College of Art in London. Every year Aram holds an exhibition of his students' work.
Vitra is a Swiss company dedicated to improving the quality of homes, offices and public spaces through the power of design. Following in the tradition of Charles & Ray Eames, who have influenced Vitra’s approach to sustainability in many ways, product longevity is central to the company’s contribution to sustainable development; short-lived styling is avoided at all costs. This can be seen most clearly in the classical pieces of furniture that have been used for decades, had several owners and have then even ended up as a part of a collection.