Description
Distinct in style and exceptionally comfortable, the Karuselli Lounge Chair exemplifies designer Yrjö Kukkapuro’s interest in achieving ultimate comfort through a union of function, ergonomics, and organic form. Kukkapuro spent several years sculpting the chair, wrapping himself in chicken wire and making a plaster cast of his body in a lounging posture in order to achieve the perfect dimensions. As soon as the chair’s iconic form was realised in 1964, it became an immediate international success. The chair prompted Gio Ponti to choose Karuselli for the cover of Domus in 1966 and inspired Sir Terence Conran to proclaim it his favourite chair.
Details
Base & Shell: Fibre Glass
Brace: Steel
Seat Surface: Leather Upholstery with PU Foam Padding
Mechanism: Swivel & Swing Mechanism
Made in Finland
Dimension:
W800 x H920 x D975 mm
Designer
Yrjö Kukkapuro, 1964
Yrjö Kukkapuro (1933-2025) was one of the most internationally successful Finnish designers. He graduated as interior architect from the Institute of Industrial Arts in Helsinki in 1958 and founded his own design office, Studio Kukkapuro, in 1959. In addition to producing renowned and award-winning design work, Kukkapuro was a teacher, professor, and rector from the 1960s to the 1990s.
Kukkapuro's most famous model is the Karuselli Chair, named the most comfortable chair in the world by The New York Times in 1974. With work in the permanent collections of several museums – including the MoMA in New York, London’s Victoria & Albert Museum, and the National Museum of Art in Stockholm – Kukkapuro's work has been exhibited in dozens of solo and group shows across the world.
