Detail View: Archivision Base to Module 9: Beanbag Chair
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Preferred Title:
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Beanbag Chair
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Alternate Title:
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Pouf Sacco
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Image View:
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Overall view
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Creator:
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Cesare Paolini (Italian designer, 1937-1983); Franco Teodoro (Italian designer, 1939-2005); Piero Gatti (Italian designer, born 1940); Zanotta S.p.A. (Italian furniture manufacturer, established 1954)
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Location:
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repository: Centre Georges Pompidou (Paris, Île-de-France, France) AM 1999-1-176
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Location Note:
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Place Georges-Pompidou
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GPS:
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+48.860653+2.352411
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Date:
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1968-1969 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Italian
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Style Period:
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Twentieth century
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Work Type 1:
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beanbag chair
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Classification:
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furniture
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Material:
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Vinyl bag with zipper filled with polystyrene beads
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Technique:
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construction (assembling)
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Measurements:
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100 cm (height) x 85 cm (width) x 100 cm (depth)
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Description:
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The construction of the chair is a vinyl bag with zipper filled with expanded polystyrene beads. Manufactured by Zanotta (still in production). In an interview, Piero Gatti said that in seeking an ergonomic solution that would mold to the body, they thought of sacks stuffed with chestnut leaves used by peasants in Italy. They searched for filler materials and considered a range, including ping pong balls, before they found polystyrene beads which were being used in the construction industry at the time. (Source: Centre Pompidou [website]; http://www.centrepompidou.fr/en/)
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Collection:
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Archivision Addition Module Nine
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Identifier:
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8A1-GATTI-PS-A01
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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