BERGEN
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Bergen was originally developed for a project to a university in Bergen, Norway. After further development the chair is now part of the Offecct furniture collection, and is available in a wide variety of textiles and leather like show here.
“I designed this chair for the competition which I won for the furnishing of the newly renovated auditorium in the Bergen University, originally built in 1894. The imposing window valves in the room were important as inspiration. The shapes are reflected in the square back and the circular seat. The chair’s character lies in the meeting between these two surfaces, giving the impression of floating in the air, with only a small concealed point of attachment. This gives the chair a minimalistic and slender character, with good stacking capacity. The brief for the competition stated that the auditorium must hold four hundred seated audience members, but that it can quickly and swiftly be refurnished for a dinner for a hundred people.” / Hallgeir Homstvedt
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Year: 2016
Materials: Tubular steel, chrome or powder coated, plywood frame, HR foam & wool/ leather upholstery