TO chair

Kurt Ziehmer

A distinctive and rarely offered design of early German Postmodernism, the TO Chair is among Kurt Ziehmer’s early furniture designs for Axis. Its radically geometric construction is defined by two large circular rockers in aircraft-grade steel tubing, with the seat and backrest flexibly suspended within the frame. The base and seat are made of thermoset laminate; the circular elements are lacquered, with fabric-upholstered seat and backrest. The first Axis object collection was shown at Galerie Zwirner, Cologne, in January 1982, followed by a presentation at the International Furniture Fair in Cologne in January 1983.