VITRA Ply Chair - Mod Livin'

Jasper Morrison became a leading figure of "New Simplicity", a movement that advocated a more modest and also more serious approach to design. In addition to furniture, he has also created lamps, home accessories, textiles, and a tram system for the city of Hanover, Germany. According to Morrison, “The main reason why Ply-Chair looks the way it does today is that I had to make it myself and the only tools available to me were an electric compass saw and a number of pieces of wood. I noticed a cushioning effect when I used only a thin sheet of plywood for the seat and bent the crossed strips underneath it. To a certain extent this compensated for the chair’s other less comfortable qualities.” Materials: Clear varnished birch plywood.