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Landi Chair
Hans Coray's 1938 all-aluminium chair with a perforated moulded shell
515 × 795 × 650 mm
1938
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Description
Overview
Hans Coray designed the Landi Chair in 1938 for the 1939 Swiss National Exhibition. Its aluminium construction separates a self-supporting base from a perforated seat shell.
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Construction
- U-shaped profiles connected by welded crossbeams
- Low armrests integrated into the base
- Shell punctured with 91 holes
- Lightweight, stackable and weather-resistant
Specifications
- W515 × D650 × H795 mm
- Stackable up to six high
Story
A new shell-and-base typology
Vitra places Landi in the history of twentieth-century design because Coray formed a three-dimensional seat shell separately from its supporting base.
Material used economically
The 91 openings reduce weight and allow the shell to flex. The same perforation pattern became the chair's identifying visual feature.