Image source: Artek — Kiki Lounge Chair
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Kiki Lounge Chair
Ilmari Tapiovaara's compact steel-framed lounge chair from the Kiki Collection, 1960
600 × 680 × 750 mm
1960
Hungary
Official product information
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Description
Overview
The Kiki Lounge Chair is an Ilmari Tapiovaara design that Artek dates 1960 and places in its Kiki Collection. Its frame is made of distinctive oval steel tubing, with upholstery in fabric or leather.
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Construction
The frame is steel and the seat and back are upholstered over PU foam and polyester padding. Artek shows the frame with black powder coating.
Specifications
- Size: 60 x 75 x 68 cm (values not labelled on the drawing)
- Frame: steel, black powder coating
- Seat and back: fabric or leather upholstery
- Made in Hungary
Story
Compact and adaptable
Artek describes the Lounge Chair as compact in size and, like a mannequin, appealing in any colour or fabric, with an overall effect of memorable simplicity. The page says the upholstery offers clean, smooth-edged contours that provide comfort and support.
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Three versions
The page shows three versions, each on a steel frame with black powder coating: seat and back in Aura 07 hunter green fabric, in Kvadrat Hallingdal 65 / 190 fabric, or in Sörensen black leather. It adds that the product is available in a variety of fabrics. Artek lists the chair in the Kiki Collection, dated 1960.
More by Ilmari Tapiovaara
Kiki Sofa
Ilmari Tapiovaara's steel-framed Kiki Sofa for Artek, 2- or 3-seater, 1960
Mademoiselle Rocking Chair
Tapiovaara’s 1956 solid-birch rocking chair, shaped through Finnish tradition and modern design.
Aslak Chair
A stackable beech chair sketched in 1946 and brought into production by technical advances in 1958.
Mademoiselle Lounge Chair
A solid-birch lounge chair joining Finnish chair tradition with Tapiovaara’s modern approach.
Collection
Kiki Collection
Artek's Kiki Collection by Ilmari Tapiovaara, 1960: oval steel tube frames, a lounge chair, sofa, bench and low table, and a Milan Triennale gold medal.
