Vitra Eames Plastic Armchair RE DAR Hopsak, basic dark base

Vitra Eames Plastic Armchair Dar upholstered.

The name DAR comes from the words Dining Height Armchair Rod Base.

Designed by Charles and Ray Eames, the plastic Eames chairs are true design icons from the 1950s. Their popularity lies in their 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 polypropylene.

Vitra launched the updated versions of the Eames chairs at the 2015 Milan Furniture Fair. Since the average human height has increased by almost 10 centimeters in the past 60 years, Vitra considered it necessary to modernize the dimensions of the classic chairs. Depending on the model, the length of the legs has been increased by around 20 mm and the geometry of the seat has been carefully adjusted. The changes seem minimal, but they make the Eames chairs considerably more comfortable for today's needs.

The Plastic Chairs are made of a dyed-through polypropylene, which makes the shell of the Eames Plastic Chairs somewhat more flexible and has a very beautiful deep color.

Dimensions:Width 63 cm Depth 59 cm Height 83 cm
Seat height 43 cm
Frame material:Steel
Chair material:Polypropylene / Upholstery Hopsak
Warranty:10 years (product must be registered on the manufacturer's website within 3 months of purchase date)

♠ Made to order product.

About the designers:

Ray and Charles Eames were an American designer couple whose name is known to anyone with an interest in modern design. Charles Eames was born in 1907 in St. Louis, Missouri. He studied architecture at the University of Washington and, at the invitation of the Finnish architect Eliel Saarinen, continued his studies at the Cranbrook Academy of Arts, Michigan in 1940. There he met Eero Saarinen, with whom he entered a competition called " Organic Design in Home Decor" organized by MoMA in New York. Eames and Saarinen won the competition using a plywood molding technique originally developed by Alvar Aalto. In Cranbrook, Charles Eames also met her future wife Ray, and the couple married in 1941.