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'Beach chair' by Willy Guhl

Casually sip Bellini while sitting comfortably and stylishly in the garden you can with this Swiss design classic!

Willy Guhl was a Swiss furniture designer, product designer and interior designer and is one of the pioneers of industrial design. His interest in industrial manufacturing and new production methods brought him into contact with industry again and again. It was thanks to his initiative, for example, that the School of Arts and Crafts first collaborated with the Horticultural Exhibition in 1959. His collaboration with the agricultural machinery manufacturer Aebi is also well known. However, Willi Guhl caused the greatest sensation with his cooperation with 'Eternit'.

With the 'Strandstuhl' (beach chair) in 1954, he created an object with which the neo-functionalist showed at a stroke how creatively and materially the material fiber cement could be used. Willi Guhl's 'Sitzschleife', as the chair is also called, is still the most highly regarded design product of Eternit Schweiz AG. Today, the chair is produced in a version modified by Guhl in 1998.

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Designer*in

Willy (1915–2004

Design

Willy Guhl

Material

Fiber Cement

Mass

W: 54 cm / D: 79 cm / H: 61 cm

Weight

24.2 kg

Note

Hand molded and sustainable // Suitable for indoor and outdoor use / Weather resistant and durable

Design / Made in

Switzerland