{"title":"Vitra Editions Special Auction","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"pretzel-chair","title":"Pretzel Chair","description":"\u003cp\u003eGeorge Nelson (1908–1986) is regarded as one of the most important and influential figures in American post‑war design. In 1952, his New York studio developed a chair made of moulded plywood, initially referred to as the Laminated Chair. The distinctive curve of its backrest and armrests, however, soon earned it the nickname Pretzel Chair. Owing to the limitations of manufacturing technologies at the time, the complex design proved difficult to produce and was withdrawn from the programme after only a few years—making it a sought‑after collector’s item today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo mark Nelson’s 100th birthday, Vitra launched a limited re‑edition of 1,000 numbered chairs in 2008. Advances in manufacturing technology made it possible to preserve the chair’s organic form while optimising its structural stability. Today, the Pretzel Chair is considered a highly desirable collector’s piece, and the re‑edition represents an important milestone in the history of Mid‑Century design. The example offered in this auction bears the number 1\/1000.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"George Nelson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52996870897931,"sku":null,"price":1750.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0485\/6522\/3577\/files\/product-cards_0001_pretzel-chair.jpg?v=1776325361"},{"product_id":"ply-chair","title":"Ply Chair","description":"\u003cp\u003eJasper Morrison is known for his design philosophy of “Super Normal”, which is perhaps best explained by his statement: “Special is generally less useful than normal, and less rewarding in the long term.” Simplicity and clarity define his work and form a counterpoint to the expressive excess of many products, particularly those of the 1980s. For an installation at the DAAD Galerie in Berlin in 1988, Morrison designed the Ply Chair, a lightweight wooden chair whose understated, precise form subtly recalls the 1940s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1989, Vitra began producing the Ply Chair in both an open and a closed backrest version—Morrison’s first product to be manufactured in series by Vitra. Although the chair was not originally conceived as part of a limited edition, it has gained increasing recognition among collectors of minimalist furniture classics. The example offered in this auction was acquired as New Old Stock directly from inventory.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jasper Morrison","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53031954153739,"sku":null,"price":700.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0485\/6522\/3577\/files\/product-cards_0002_plywood-chair.jpg?v=1776325367"},{"product_id":"greene-street-chair","title":"Greene Street Chair","description":"\u003cp\u003eThroughout his career, architect and designer Gaetano Pesce experimented with new materials, creating objects of strong expressive power. References to the human body frequently appear in his work. The Greene Street Chair, designed for the Vitra Edition of 1987, incorporates facial features and has the appearance of a mask. It is named after Greene Street in New York, where Pesce’s studio was located at the time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePesce often translated industrial production into an individual, artistic and craftsmanship‑oriented language. Accordingly, the Greene Street Chair was hand‑cast in glass‑fibre‑reinforced resin, making each example unique. In particular, the characteristic red line on the backrest varies from chair to chair. In total, approximately 150 examples were produced.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gaetano Pesce","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53031973355787,"sku":null,"price":4000.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0485\/6522\/3577\/files\/product-cards_0003_greene-street.jpg?v=1776325386"},{"product_id":"bad-tempered-chair-136","title":"Bad Tempered Chair 136\/1000","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Bad Tempered Chair is a technically advanced evolution of the Well Tempered Chair. Instead of stainless‑steel sheets, Ron Arad employed punched laminate segments made from extremely durable carbon and Kevlar fibres, joined—as in the Well Tempered Chair—with visible wing nuts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOf the intended edition of 1,000 Bad Tempered Chairs, fewer than 200 examples were produced, making the chair a highly sought‑after collector’s piece today. The two examples offered in this auction bear the serial numbers 16\/1000 and 136\/1000.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOwing in particular to its use of innovative new materials, the Bad Tempered Chair is considered a key work of experimental design of the early 2000s. As only a small number of armchairs were produced, it regularly achieves strong results at international design auctions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ron Arad","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53031981285643,"sku":null,"price":3000.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0485\/6522\/3577\/files\/product-cards_0004_bad-tempered-136.jpg?v=1776325391"},{"product_id":"bad-tempered-chair-16-1000","title":"Bad Tempered Chair 16\/1000","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Bad Tempered Chair is a technically advanced evolution of the Well Tempered Chair. Instead of stainless‑steel sheets, Ron Arad employed punched laminate segments made from extremely durable carbon and Kevlar fibres, joined—as in the Well Tempered Chair—with visible wing nuts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOf the intended edition of 1,000 Bad Tempered Chairs, fewer than 200 examples were produced, making the chair a highly sought‑after collector’s piece today. The two examples offered in this auction bear the serial numbers 16\/1000 and 136\/1000.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOwing in particular to its use of innovative new materials, the Bad Tempered Chair is considered a key work of experimental design of the early 2000s. As only a small number of armchairs were produced, it regularly achieves strong results at international design auctions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ron Arad","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53031991279883,"sku":null,"price":3000.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0485\/6522\/3577\/files\/product-cards_0005_bad-tempered-16.jpg?v=1776325394"},{"product_id":"well-tempered-chair","title":"Well Tempered Chair","description":"\u003cp\u003eRon Arad is regarded as one of the most unconventional designers of recent decades. In contrast to smooth, formalised commercial design, he creates objects of an almost archaic and poetic character that consistently operate at the boundary between design and art. With the Well Tempered Chair, he designed one of the key works of experimental design of the 1980s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSheets of stainless steel of varying thickness, folded and connected with wing nuts, form an armchair that initially appears as a purely formal experiment. Owing to the material’s inherent spring properties, however, it offers a surprisingly comfortable seating experience, which Arad himself referred to as the “waterbed effect”.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe example presented in this auction is titled Object X and dated September 1992. It belongs to the further developed second series, in which an additional metal sheet was fitted beneath the seat to increase structural stability and prevent material fatigue in the doubly curved steel elements. Vitra did not disclose production numbers at the time; according to a dealer source, total production is estimated at around 150 examples.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ron Arad","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53032005304587,"sku":null,"price":7000.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0485\/6522\/3577\/files\/product-cards_0000_well-tempered.jpg?v=1776325408"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0485\/6522\/3577\/collections\/Alle-Vitra-Sammlerstucke_0091_web.jpg?v=1776676329","url":"https:\/\/campus.vitracircle.com\/en\/collections\/special-auction.oembed","provider":"Vitra Circle Store Campus","version":"1.0","type":"link"}