Bertoia chair
Designer: Harry Bertoia
Knoll
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
The iconic wire chair series was designed by Harry Bertoia for Knoll in 1950 as a result of an experiment that involved bending metal rods into practical art.
‘If you look at these chairs, they are mainly made of air, like sculpture. Space passes through them,’ said Bertoia.
There are varying styles of the Bertoia chair: Side chair with and without seat pad, the full plastic version, and the diamond chair – with and without seat pad or fully covered, and the bar stool.
The collection has appeared in Almodovar’s Broken Embraces, The Devil Wears Prada, The Perfect Match, The Lake House and La Proie pour l’ombre and in Netflix’s You, we find a Bertoi Diamond chair in the comfy upholstered version in Beck’s West Village apartment.
New versions the Bertoia chair can be found at Heal’s, The Conran Shop and 2Modern or you can often find vintage Bertoia chairs on Etsy.
The Chair Collection Poster from the Vitra Design Museum
- 2001: A Space Odyssey
- Tron: Legacy
- Avengers: Age of Ultron
- Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
- Justice League
- American Psycho
- Casino Royale (2006)
- Suits
- House of Gucci
- A Clockwork Orange
- A Ghost Story
- Always Crashing in the Same Car
- Archer
- Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
- Black Mirror: Bandersnatch
- Cabaret
- Casino Royale (1967)
- Catch Me If You Can
- Conversations With Friends
- Diamonds Are Forever
- Don't Worry Darling
- Dr No
- Eames: The Architect and The Painter
- Frasier
- From Russia With Love
- Her
- Iron Man
- Julieta
- Mad Men
- Malcolm & Marie
- Loki
- Men in Black II
- No Time To Die
- Pain and Glory
- Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
- Sunday In New York
- The Devil Wears Prada
- The Fabelmans
- The Handmaid's Tale
- The Holiday
- The Lake House
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