In 1925, he was inspired by the handlebars of the "Adler" brand bicycle and came up with the idea of using steel pipes to make furniture. He designed the first steel pipe chair, the Wassily
Lounge Chair, the world's first steel pipe furniture. With its light and graceful shape, simple and concise structure, and excellent performance, this new form of furniture quickly became popular all over the world.
The Wassily modern lounge chair is known as the symbol of chairs in the twentieth century and is of great significance in the history of modern furniture design. Because steel pipe furniture is rich in the most typical characteristics of Bauhaus, it is considered by later generations to be synonymous with Bauhaus.
The design of this piece is extremely revolutionary in terms of its structure, materials and form. Formally, the Wassily
Leather Lounge Chair adopts simple and powerful lines, a geometrically exposed structure, and a simple color combination, highlighting his response to Mies van der Rohe's less-is-more philosophy.
In terms of materials, we chose steel pipes that are high-quality, low-cost, and easy to disassemble, as well as canvas and leather that take the comfort of the audience into consideration. This material selection and structural design make it possible to mass-produce the Wassily lounge chair, and truly become a chair for the people. the design of.
Modernist design's requirements for simple geometric forms, functional supremacy, and standardized models and mass production convey the pursuit of an ideal new life on the one hand. On the other hand, it adds humanistic care to alleviate the mechanical indifference of rational supremacy, and also shows The democratic concept of designing for the masses is reflected in many of Breuer's designs. Goodwill, democracy and the pursuit of ideals make Marcel Breuer's designs still shine, shining on today's designers to keep moving forward.
