Arco Lamp and Barcelona Chair

Furniture ResearchGroup Member: Mary Ling & Lim WinnieLecturer: Miss Jackie

Design by : Achille Castiglioni

Pier Giacomo Castiglioni

Name : The Arco Lamp

Designed in: 1962

Country of Origin: Italy

Manufacturer: Flos

Shape: arch shape

Style : modern, classical,

decorative

Original price: $ 2950

History of The Arco Lamp

Achille Castiglioni was unhappy with the fact that

there was no electrical output for a ceiling lamp

above his own dining table in his home. For this

reason the Casiglioni brothers designed the Arco

lamp, partly to solve Achille Castiglioni's own

problem at home.

Finishes of The Arco Lamp :

Stainless steel body

Italian carrara marble baseWeight : 140.65 lbs

Feature of The Arco Lamp :

Base - A hole to accommodate a

broom handle for easy moving.

It can be positioned anywhere

overhead.

It is adjustable stainless-steel shade.

Use: Indoor

living room

dining room

Bedroom

office

Examples of other furniture ByAchille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni

Mezzadro stool

Gatto Cocoon resin table lamp

Name:barcelona chair

Design by : Ludwig

Mies van Der rohe

Designed in: 1929

Country of Origin:

German Pavilion

Material:Chrome on st

eel frame. Leather cushions

fi lled with PU-foam

Manufacturer: knoll

Style : modernist

Original price: $5429

History of barcelona chair

• In 1950, Mies redesigned his old Barcelona chair using modern techniques which allowed the frame to be moulded from a single piece of stainless steel rather than being bolted together. The original pigskin seat was replaced with cow leather

• Perhaps the most iconic work from Mies' oeuvre, the Barcelona Chair at once gives life to and is born from its materials. Like the MR and Brno Chairs, it is composed of steel and leather. The steel bar legs ease up and over to support the seat and back of the chair. Mies' gift was to endow grace in otherwise monotonous substances. The Barcelona Chair attests to his mastery of form, function, and beauty.

Finishes of Barcelona

chair:

Two welds are hand

finished to a polished

finish

cushions of the chair

complement the curved

frame

hand sewn from

individual pieces of

quality (the original chair

had pig skin upholstery)

>The form is thought to be extrapolated from Roman folding chairs known as the Curule chair – upholstered stools used by Roman aristocracy

>The Barcelona chair requires much hand craftsmanship> Bovine leather replaced the ivory-colored pigskin which was used for the original pieces.

>The chair is almost completely hand-laboured, and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's signature is stamped into each chair

Feature of barcelona chair

>The steel bar legs ease up and over to support the seat and back of the chair.

USAGE OF BARCELONA CHAIR:

>OFFICE

>SHOWROOM

>BEDROOM

>INDOOR

>LIVING ROOM

>STUDYROOM

Examples of other furniture ByLudwig Mies van Der rohe

MR Chaise Longue

"MR" Armchair