FROM BICYCLE FRAME TO FURNITURE ICON: THE INSPIRATION BEHIND THE WASSILY CHAIR
The Wassily Chair, also known as the Model B3 Chair, was designed by Marcel Breuer, a German-born architect. The Wassily Chair was designed during his time as a student at the Bauhaus school in Germany, which emphasized simplicity, stripped of unnecessary decorations and focused on the essential elements of the piece. The design of the Wassily Chair is inspired by the geometry of the bicycle, and it was one of the first pieces of furniture to use tubular steel as a structural element. The Wassily Chair is considered a pioneering work of modern furniture design and is still in production today.
Marcel Breuer designed the Wassily Chair, which was inspired by the geometry of a bicycle and the tubular steel frames he observed while riding. He then used this idea to create a chair using a curved stainless steel frame and canvas for the seat. Later, the seat was changed to leather and it comes in black, brown and white colors. The chair was originally called the Model B3 Chair, but it was later renamed the Wassily Chair after the artist Wassily Kandinsky, a friend and abstract expressionist, who gave his opinion after sitting on it.
The Wassily Chair was created during Breuer's time as a student at the Bauhaus school in Germany, where the principles of minimalism and functional design were emphasized. Breuer was inspired by the tubular steel frames of bicycles and used this material to create the chair's frame. The original seat was made of black canvas, but it was later changed to leather in various colors. The chair was originally named the Model B3 Chair, but later renamed the Wassily Chair after Wassily Kandinsky, a painter and personal friend of Breuer. Today, it is still in production under the license of Knoll New York, a company also known for producing the iconic Barcelona Chair.
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