Vitra - Eames Wire Chair LKR / White

Vitra Wire Chair LKR.

The Vitra's LKR chair is one of the most memorable chairs by the Eames couple and is praised for its extraordinary design language.

The combination of a wide seat and a steel wire base creates an industrial look that is suitable for many different spaces, both indoors and outdoors - thanks to the airy, square grid structure of the seat.

The timeless design will continue to add a fresh, graphic touch to your exterior and interior year after year. You can improve the seating comfort of the chair with the separately available seat cushions, which immediately give the chair a more homely atmosphere.

Colour: White
Dimensions: Width 49 cm Depth 47.5 cm Height 66 cm
Chair height: 31.5 cm
Material: Powder-coated steel
Note: Suitable for both indoor and outdoor use.

About the designer:

Ray and Charles Eames were an American designer couple whose name is known to anyone interested 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'. Furnishings", arranged by the MoMA in New York. Eames and Saarinen won the competition using a plywood molding technique originally developed by Alvar Aalto, the founder of the Finnish Artek.

In Cranbrook, Charles Eames also met her future wife Ray, and the couple married in 1941