{"id":15891,"date":"2017-04-02T09:31:24","date_gmt":"2017-04-02T07:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icon-vrai.loc\/2017\/04\/02\/george-nelsons-coconut-chair\/"},"modified":"2020-10-21T00:08:28","modified_gmt":"2020-10-20T22:08:28","slug":"george-nelsons-coconut-chair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.icon-icon.com\/en\/george-nelsons-coconut-chair\/","title":{"rendered":"George Nelson\u2019s Coconut Chair"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Getting inspiration from shapes that already exist in the nature is a good process of sense making, and that was exactly what the american designer did comparing it himself to a coconut which would have been opened into eight parts. The strength of the design is that it is both never seen and familiar. Going beyond the obvious idea that sitting on a coconut is not comfortable, he claims himself in 1955 his wish to combine cozy comfort and infinite freedom of movement. For the first time, comfort is not the result of a human inspired curve but from a perfect roundness allowing several positions. The fine base contribute to the dynamic of the chair too.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">In the original version, the colors of the coconut had been reversed, subliming a gorgeous italian brown leather. Just like the real fruit, the chair has a rigid shell made in a light plastic. The model has been adapted in several colors and it kept being popular over and over again. For this reason the chair can belong as rightly in a living room or in a club, a winter garden, an office or a lounge. It was not the only time when George Nelson got inspiration from food in his career. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">On the year following the release of the coconut chair, the designer presented a sofa which was directly inspired from marshmallow, communicating the wideness of his inspirations with no shame. Visionary <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_Nelson_(designer)\">George Nelson<\/a> claimed for that occasion \u00ab&nbsp;Real design is nothing but linking everything to everything&nbsp;\u00bb. Today, the chair is manufactured by Herman Miller in the United States and by Vitra in Europe, still according to the original drawings from Nelson. The chair has still many years to go.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getting inspiration from shapes that already exist in the nature is a good process of sense making, and that was exactly what the american designer did comparing it himself to a coconut which would have been opened into eight parts. The strength of the design is that it is both never seen and familiar. 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