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Architonic ID: 20037258
SKU: 1955672009000
Year of Launch: 2017
PYRAMID BENCH 12
Created to be adaptable, light and strong, the Pyramid Benches are the last word in cutout sheet steel construction. Originally created by Wim Rietveld while working at Ahrend in the 1950s, the collection has been relaunched by HAY together with Ahrend. When initially launched in the ‘50s, it was regarded as a triumph in its innovative use of sheet steel, giving new direction for use in organically shaped products. Today, both as individual pieces and as a collection, it is notable for its sparing use of materials, simplistic construction and for being light enough to move around. These lasting designs manifest functional excellence and aesthetical lightness that have been proved in real environments over several generations. This bench variant features a steel-sheet base with a rectangular oak top, sharing the same functional and uncluttered expression as the rest of the Pyramid collection. The bench’s clean aesthetics and light, hardwearing quality makes it suitable for use in many domestic or corporate contexts. Available in a variety of wood finishes and base colours, it can be used as low side table or as a bench.
DIMENSIONS
L190 x W40 x H46 cm/ L74.80” x W15.75” x H18.11”
L250 x W40 x H46 cm/ L98.43” x W15.75” x H18.11”
Concept
Created to be adaptable, light and strong, the Result Chair and Pyramid Tables are the last word in cutout sheet steel construction. Originally created by Friso Kramer and Wim Rietveld while working at Ahrend in the 1950s, the collection has been relaunched by HAY together with Ahrend. When initially launched in the ‘50s, it was regarded as a triumph in its innovative use of sheet steel, giving new direction for use in organically shaped products. Today, both as individual pieces and as a collection, it is notable for its sparing use of materials, simplistic construction and for being light enough to move around. These lasting designs manifest functional excellence and aesthetical lightness that have been proved in real environments over several generations.
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Material
Base metal, Metal, Seat solid wood, Wood
Variants
2
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Designers
Friso Kramer
Netherlands
Friso Kramer, born in Amsterdam in 1922. After graduating from the Rietveld Academy of Applied Arts, Amsterdam, he worked as a designer for Cirkel, a steel furniture manufacturer, from 1948 to 1963. In 1963 he became a co-founder of the acclaimed Total Design Group. Later on he was a guest lecturer at the Royal Academy of Art in Den Haag. From 1971 to 1983 he was Art Director and a Member of the Board of the Ahrend Group and member of the jury for many international design competitions. In addition to the famous 120 bench system that is still in use in many underground stations today, he designed a chair in glass fibre-reinforced polyester with a solid wood frame and an upholstered glass fibre-reinforced chair for Wilkhahn in 1967.