Kiki Lounge Chair

Description

The Kiki Lounge Chair has a frame made of distinctive oval steel tubing. The upholstery offers clean, smooth-edged contours that provide comfort and support. Compact in size and, like a mannequin, appealing in any colour or fabric, its overall effect is one of memorable simplicity.

The Lounge Chair is joined in the Kiki collection by the Kiki Bench, Sofa, and Low Table. Modular in nature, the pieces can be combined in any number of configurations, while their compact size means they fit naturally into smaller spaces. Announcing a departure from designer Ilmari Tapiovaara’s earlier work, Kiki employs a clean-cut design idiom.

Details

Dimensions

Width: 60cm
Length: 75cm
Full Height: 68cm
Seat Height: 39cm

Designer 

Ilmari Tapiovaara, 1960

The Kiki lounge chair is part of the timeless and elegant Kiki collection, designed by Ilmari Tapiovaara in 1960. Tapiovaara wanted to design reasonably priced furniture for a broad public. In the Kiki series, he used a more clean cut design instead of the rather organic style he had favored previously. Oval steel tubing is the structural and unifying element of the whole collection. Kiki became a success, establishing the current direction for furniture design at this time. It is one of the most popular pieces of public furniture in Finland.

Brand

Founded in Helsinki in 1935 by four young idealists. Furthermore, they are Alvar and Aino Aalto, Maire Gullichsen, and Nils-Gustav Hahl. Their goal was to sell furniture and to promote a modern culture of living by exhibitions and other educational means.

In keeping with the radical spirit of its founders, Artek today remains an innovative player in the world of modern design. Besides, they developing new products at the intersection of design, architecture, and art!

The Artek collection consists of furniture, lighting, and measurement accessories designed by Finnish masters and leading international designers. Besides, it stands for clarity, functionality, and poetic simplicity.