Rookie Task Chair

Description

Vitra's Rookie is a small, agile, and unconventionally simple chair. It provides a high level of immediate comfort with a minimal number of adjustments.

'Rookie is all about flexibility and change. Its design aesthetic symbolizes that magic moment when something new is beginning, but everything is still up in the air. Equally suited as a single desk chair for students or in larger numbers across a wide range of corporate workplaces, Rookie is designed for environments that encourage the creation and exchange of ideas.'-Konstantin Grcic

Details

Made in: Germany
Design Year: 2018

Material Description

• Cover material: Plano
  
• Cover color: dark grey/nero
  
• Seat shell color: soft grey
  
• Base: five-star base, plastic material, soft grey
  
• Base on: castors hard, braked for carpet
  
• Backrest: back is made of polypropylene and the back cushion is made of polyurethane foam. Backshell in soft grey; back cushion with fabric cover stretched over padding. Backrest height adjustable up to 55 mm using a quick-release lever.
  
• Seat: Polypropylene shell in soft grey; polyurethane foam cushion; fabric cover stretched over padding. Equipped as standard with seat height adjustment.
  
• Base: five-star base made of polyamide in soft grey or deep black; double castors  (60 mm) in basic dark. 

Plano 67

Material: Polyester: 100%
Abrasion resistance: 80,000 Martindale
Fastness to light: Type 6
Fastness to rubbing: Grade 4-5 dry and wet
Pilling: Grade 4-5

Designer

Konstantin Grcic, 2018

Konstantin Grcic was trained as a cabinetmaker at Parnham College in Dorset before studying industrial design at the Royal College of Art in London. In 1991 he set up his own practice, Konstantin Grcic Design. The Vitra Design Museum devoted a monographic exhibition to Grcic and his work in 2014. 

Brand

Vitra is much more than a brand but rather a staple of design. Established in 1950, the brand has left its mark on design history through its transcending path. Starting as a furniture producer, it paved its way to manufacturing and ultimately became the powerhouse design institution we see today.