Vitra – Classic Eames Lounge Chair & Ottoman Designer: Charles and Ray Eames Choose Upholstery - Vitra: -- Please Select -- Leather Grand - 66 Leather Grand - 68 Leather Grand - 72 Leather Grand - 77 Leather Premium - 66 Leather Premium - 68 Leather Premium - 72 Snow Leather Premium - 77 Polished with Sides Black Call us on +44 (0)1273 945300 or click here to email us The Eames Lounge Chair is perhaps one of the most iconic designs by the famous design duo Charles and Ray Eames. The Eames Lounge Chair was originally inspired by the traditional English club chair, Charles Eames started the design process with the aim to satisfy the desire for an well proportioned chair that combined ultimate comfort with the finest quality materials and craftsmanship. With the final design of this armchair in 1956, Charles and Ray Eames had created what is now one of the most famous designs and true classic in the history of modern furniture.

The lounge chair has a swivel base and the ottoman has a fixed base. Produced by Vitra under licence from the Eames Office, this classic has been manufactured to the same exacting standards since the 1950s. The Lounge Chair is now available from Vitra in two sizes: with classic dimensions and with new, larger dimensions. Furthermore, the various combinations of leather upholstery covers, wooden shells and bases are now joined by a white edition and a black edition of the Lounge Chair with corresponding details. Since the Lounge Chair first went into production, average human height has increased worldwide by nearly 10 cm. In close coordination with the Eames Office, Vitra developed the new larger version so that taller people, too, can enjoy the same exceptional comfort that Charles and Ray Eames intended with their original 1956 design. Seat and back: moulded plywood, different face veneers. Standard version in cherry, santos palisander (certified sustainability) or walnut with a black pigmented finish.

Upholstery/cover: removable cushions, covers in Premium or Grand leather. Classic Dimensions - W840 x D850-910 x H840mm Seat H385mm New Dimensions - W840 x D850-920 x H890mm Seat H380mm Ottoman - W630 x D560 x H420mm Please See Images for full dimensions.screen shot, Fast Company and Renest Five years ago, when I was particularly upset about comments regarding the cost of a British product, I quoted Oscar Wilde's complaint, suggesting that the commenters knew the price of everything and the value of nothing.vitra eames lounge chair price Reading the comments on Suzanne LaBarre's Fast Company post about Vitra's production of the classic Eames Lounge, on our reposting of it, and Cambria Bold's post Re-Nest On... table and chair rental in philly

Expensive Green Furniture and Angry People, I think it is time to revisit the issue. There are in fact two questions to address: 1) Why is the Eames Lounge so expensive? 2) Is this expensive furniture we all show really green? The discussion started with an appalling comment on Re-nest, the most civil part being "Get off my planet and take your high-priced stupid furniture with you. table and chair rentals grand blanc miMother Earth has no need of you or your crap."folding chair rental maryland It continued on TreeHugger:office chairs for prolonged sitting That is not in fact true, Herman Miller has been making the thing since it was designed, working with Charles and Ray Eames.vitra eames rocking chair price

In fact, not everything that the Eames's designed was "good design for the masses" and built with economics in mind; this chair was always expensive. In the 1957 catalogue it lists for $ 540; using an inflation calculator, that currently represents $ 4,308, just a little cheaper than the $ 4,499 that the chair lists for at Herman Miller in walnut veneer.swivel club chair overstock As for the $ 9,000 price quoted in Fast Company, one cannot convert a European price in Euros to dollars and complain when the dollar is in the toilet; cheap portable wheelchair ramps for stairsin five years it has dropped significantly.table and chair rental des moines ia image credit the Economist Then there is Purchasing Power Parity;

things cost more in Europe. The Economist's Big Mac index suggests that the Euro is 20% over valued. Combine the two and that $ 9,000 chair is really only about $ 6500, more than the American price but not that far out of line. But that still is a lot of money. Yes, and as one commenter said, " There are some very good copies out there at a fraction of the cost." But they do not pay royalties to the Eames Foundation, nor do they stick to the standards set by the designers' estate. They knock it off. What goes into an original Eames Chair. Image credit Herman Miller Nor do they care about using sustainably harvested woods and maximizing recycled content. The fact of the matter is, it costs a lot of money to make this thing well. If you look at my slideshow or the Vitra video at Fast Company, you see talented craftspeople working carefully. So many of the designs that we show are made by craftspeople using sustainably sourced materials, made in short production runs. They are going to be expensive, but that doesn't mean you can't call it green.

Back at ReNest, Cambria Bold summarized many of the attributes that we all admire in this stuff: We continue to believe that great, green design should: be beautiful, durable, and innovative. be able to improve your life and the planet without sacrificing style and comfort. encourage thoughtful, careful purchasing. celebrate both thrift AND aspiration. That last point is really key: the designers and companies that are shaping our future are worth knowing about, even if their products are currently out of our price range. Our hope is that one day, they won't be--hopefully one day, their ideas, design philosophies, and production and manufacturing processes will have become standard practice, and thus more accessible. Furniture used to be aspirational; one used your grandma's sofa until you could afford your own. Now it is cheaper to buy one at IKEA than it is to hire a mover to bring you your grandma's sofa. Also, in a lot of ways, IKEA has hurt the market for aspirational furniture because their stuff looks so good;

cheap furniture used to inevitably be ugly furniture and with IKEA, it isn't. They have changed the entire marketplace. I believe that the marketplace is going to change again. I have been looking for a decent dining room chair for over twenty years, and have never found one I like to go with my mid-century modern former boardroom table. Image credit Lloyd Alter Two years ago at ICFF I finally found a chair that I thought would work, designed by D E Sellers in Brooklyn. It is a downloadable design, that can be sent electronically and cut out with a CNC Router or shopbot anywhere in the world. Instead of a flatpack design from an unknown Swede cut out in China and purchased in a suburban big box store, I am going to talk directly to the designer, cut it out in downtown Toronto, take it home by subway and streetcar (unless I can borrow a bike trailer) and assemble it. Just because I can't afford a classic doesn't mean I want to drown the writer who shows it on their site.