Vitra Eames Plastic Stool RE High, black base

Vitra Eames Plastic Stool RE High.

The plastic Eames chairs and stools, designed by Charles and Ray Eames, are true design icons of the 1950s.

Their popularity lies in the timeless, ergonomic design and the various leg options. The original model with a fiberglass seat was the first industrially produced plastic chair. Today, the seat of the Eames chair is made of recycled plastic that is collected from household waste (RE) . At close range, you can see that the chairs are made of recycled plastic by the small pigment spots, which also give a certain liveliness to the stool.

The so-called shell seat offers excellent support for your back, making the bar stool perfect for both quick coffee breaks and relaxed meetings and conferences. The high version of the bar stool is so large that it fits well under standing tables.

Due to the weather-resistant polypropylene seat and steel legs, the Eames stool is also suitable for outdoor use, for example in combination with a high patio table.

Colour: Deep Black or Forest Green
Dimensions: Width 56 cm Depth 54 cm Height 120 cm Seat width 46 cm Seat depth 46.5 cm Seat height 79.5 cm
Seat material: 100% recyclable dyed-through recycled polypropylene
Base material: Powder-coated steel base
Suitable for in and outdoor use.
Ideal for use at bar heights and tables from 110 to 120 cm high.
Warranty: 10 years (product must be registered on the Vitra website within 3 months of purchase date)

About the designers:

Ray and Charles Eames were an American designer couple whose name is familiar to anyone interested in modern design. Charles Eames was born in St. Louis, Missouri in 1907. He studied architecture at the University of Washington and, at the invitation of the Finnish architect Eliel Saarinen, continued his studies in 1940 at the Cranbrook Academy of Arts, Michigan.

There he met Eero Saarinen, with whom he took part in a competition called 'Organic Design in Home'. Furnishings”, organized by the MoMA in New York. Eames and Saarinen won the competition using a plywood molding technique originally developed by Alvar Aalto. It was also in Cranbrook that Charles Eames met her future wife Ray, and the couple married in 1941.
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