Image source: Knoll — Jehs+Laub Lounge Chair
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Jehs+Laub Lounge Chair
Jehs+Laub's quilt-inspired lounge chair for Knoll, with a flexing back on a wire or pedestal base
845 × 965 × 775 mm
Official product information
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Description
Overview
The Jehs+Laub Lounge Chair is a lounge chair by Markus Jehs and Jürgen Laub for KnollStudio, inspired by quilting and by the structure of earlier Knoll classics. The shell is molded and reinforced urethane with an articulating back.
Construction
- Molded and reinforced urethane shell; back articulated so the top section flexes
- Polyurethane foam with polyester-fibre backing, hidden seam tufting
- Wire base in polished chrome or textured black, or pedestal base in polished aluminum or textured black
Specifications
- W 33.25 x D 30.5 x H 38 in (845 x 775 x 965 mm), wire base
- Pedestal base: height 38.5 in
Story
A lounge for the Knoll tradition
Knoll's Director of Design Benjamin Pardo went to Markus Jehs and Jürgen Laub in 2007, when a new lounge collection was planned, thinking they were the right designers to further the legacy of Knoll lounge seating.
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The quilt
The designers made little models in fabric with sewing lines; when Pardo saw them he said they looked like a quilt. Knoll's page quotes the designers on keeping the idea of the quilt: a chair that is stable at the base and stays very soft at the top.
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