Martino GAMPER (designer)<br />
 GEBRÜDER THONET, Vienna (manufacturer)<br/>
<em>Post Mundus chair</em> (2012) {designed}; (2016) {manufactured} <!-- (view ) --><br />

Beech (Fagus sp.), plywood, brass, felt<br />
84.7 x 84.5 x 54.4 cm<br />
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br />
Purchased with funds donated by Gordon Moffatt AM, 2017<br />
2017.3<br />
© Martino Gamper
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Post Mundus chair

Martino Gamper

Sedia Gebrüder Thonet Post Mundus

Martino Gamper

NGV ITALIA COLLECTION

Renowned for his culturally responsive approach to design, Italian designer Martino Gamper’s Post Mundus chair is a playful interpretation of the classic Thonet Bentwood chair no. 16 designed by cabinet-maker Michael Thonet in the late nineteenth century. Thonet famously developed a method for bending timber and explored its flexibility in a number of furniture designs suitable for mass-production. Thonet Bentwood chair no. 16 is arguably one of the most recognised chairs in the world. Post Mundus chair uses the parts of no. 16 and displays the designer’s trademark aesthetic of deconstructing and reassembling furniture in novel ways, to open dialogues with history, tradition and industrialisation.

Rinomata per il suo approccio culturalmente sensibile al design, la sedia Post Mundus del designer italiano Martino Gamper è una giocosa interpretazione della classica Thonet Bentwood chair no. 16 progettata dall’ebanista Michael Thonet alla fine del XIX secolo. Thonet sviluppò un famoso metodo per piegare il legno e ne esplorò la flessibilità in una serie di progetti di mobili adatti alla produzione in serie. La Thonet Bentwood no. 16 è probabilmente una delle sedie più conosciute al mondo. La sedia Post Mundus utilizza le parti della no. 16 e mostra l’estetica tipica del designer, che consiste nel decostruire e riassemblare i mobili in modi nuovi, per aprire un dialogo con la storia, la tradizione e l’industrializzazione.

Martino GAMPER (designer)
GEBRÜDER THONET, Vienna (manufacturer)
Post Mundus chair (2012) {designed}; (2016) {manufactured}
Beech (Fagus sp.), plywood, brass, felt
84.7 x 84.5 x 54.4 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with funds donated by Gordon Moffatt AM, 2017
2017.3
© Martino Gamper

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