Result Chair

Overview

The Result Chair has a thin steel-sheet base and an oak seat and backrest. HAY credits the combination with maximum flexibility, lightness and strength. The design is by Friso Kramer and Wim Rietveld, and HAY brought it back into production together with Ahrend.

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Construction

On the variant pages the four-leg base is powder coated steel in Black or Beige and the seat and back are moulded oak veneer, water-based lacquered in several finishes, on standard gliders. A version with an upholstered seat and an oak veneer back is also offered.

Specifications

• H 81 x W 45.5 x L 48.5 cm (item AA561-A153-AA51-01UF, Black base, Black lacquered oak veneer seat and back)
• Variants: 17, all with the same size

Designed at De Cirkel

HAY's designer text says Wim Rietveld and Friso Kramer met at De Cirkel, the steel-furniture maker that had merged with the Ahrend group, and developed the Result Chair there in 1958. HAY's 2017 news page gives the chair as 1959.

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Back in Production

HAY's news page says the Result Chair uses the cutout sheet steel construction method to make a chair that is adaptable, light and strong, created to last, and that Result chairs from the 1950s and 60s can still be found in use. In 2017 HAY and Ahrend brought the design back into production.