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Architonic ID: 1009336
SKU: 6–400 HG 560
Year of Launch: 1999
Moulded plywood seat, rear legs and back of solid bentwood, stackable, optional row connector
W47, D48, H80, SH46
Concept
miro, a compact wooden chair with a puristic line, is a re-design of the internationally renowned designer Hannes Wettstein (1958–2008). Wettstein, who sought the nature of things in his work, used his sensitivity for shapes, dimensions, and proportions to create a truly coherent design of confident discreet elegance. The stackable 687 S chair, a 1950 in-house construction that received the "Die gute Form" award in 1958, was gently interpreted by Hannes Wettstein: He rounded the profile on the inside of the front legs and tapered the seat towards the back. Modifying the inclination of rear legs and seat bulge increased the chair's ergonomics. Its contained character makes the miro ideally suited for many residential spaces or public areas such as hotels and restaurants. In its succinctly unspectacular shape, it had already endured as a stackable chair, for example as model variant 6/100 in the large beer restaurant of the Swiss Expo 64 in Lausanne, as the first colour photograph in the horgenglarus' catalogues shows.
miro marks horgenglarus' re-awakening. miro is one of our most successful chairs and was the starting point of a comprehensive chair family created by Hannes Wettstein until 2007.
The sinuous montreux with its high back is the classy miro version for exclusive restaurants, shops, and guild houses. The seat's classic belt upholstery makes this sinuous chair very comfortable.
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Material
Base solid wood, Wood
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11
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Designers
Hannes Wettstein
Switzerland
Hannes Wettstein (1958-2008) Hannes Wettstein was one of the most influential Swiss designers. Even his career path corresponded to someone who didn’t go by the rule book: Wettstein, born in 1958 in Ascona, first completed studies in building draughtsmanship; his further training as designer and architect was autodidactic. He was as fascinated by technological developments as he was by art history and architecture and his manner of developing ideas always had a touch of alchemy or invention. He continually questioned norms, be they societal, industrial, cultural or ritual, in order to be able to reinvent, explained Wettstein. This comprehensiveness was not an attitude but a method. His openness to continually re-thinking all that defines design – daily routines, spatial organisation and the purposes of things – led him to surprisingly simple solutions that stand the test of time. Hannes Wettstein designed functional objects with such elegance and perfection that they took on their own identities, something that momentary fashions can never achieve. In spatial design he also created architypes: site-specific and sensitive overall solutions, interior designs or set designs. Highlights: 1980 Belux, Snodo 1982 Belux, Metro 1987 Baleri Italia, Juliette 1990 Baleri Italia, Caprichair 1994 Ventura, v-matic 1995 - 1998 Berlin Grand Hyatt 1997 - 2002 EST, Bikes 1999 - 2008 horgenglarus, Art Direction 2000 Lamy, Scribble 2000 Cassina, Globe 2000 Molteni, Alfa 2000 - 2008 Carl Zeiss, Optical Instruments 2002 Ventura, v-tec Alpha 2002 Bulo, Double You 2002 Dada, Nomis 2002 - 2006 Swiss Embassy, Washington D. C. 2003 Cassina, Hola 2003 Molteni, Reversi 2004 horgenglarus, Lyra 2004 - 2008 Juwelier Kurz, Zürich & Basel 2005 - 2008 SF, TV Studios 2005 Lamy, Studio 2005 Accademia, Vela 2007 Max Design, Tototo