Image source: Cassina — Tulu
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Tulu
Tulu: Kazuhide Takahama's 1968 stackable sled-base chair, an early chrome-rod frame made for Simon.
510 × 770 × 530 mm
1968
Official product information
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Overview
Tulu is a stackable sled-base chair by Kazuhide Takahama, designed in 1968 on commission from Dino Gavina's Simon company. Cassina's page calls it, with Jano, LJin and Gaja, the forerunner of the architect's exploratory pathway in the 1960s.
Construction
- Frame: bent metal rod, chrome-plated or lacquered (price-list colours); seat and back with elastic webbing.
- Seat shell: black plastic.
- Padding: flexible polyurethane foam and polyester batting.
- Cover: quilted fabric, leather or saddle leather, removable with a zip.
- Feet: plastic.
Specifications
- 510 x 530 x 770 mm for W55 (axes not labelled on the drawing).
Story
First model/exemplar
Cassina's page presents Tulu as a symbol of cutting-edge construction and avant-garde experimentation, designed in 1968 by Kazuhide Takahama. It names Jano, LJin and Gaja as the other chairs on the architect's exploratory pathway of the 1960s.
A rod frame for Simon
The chair was commissioned by Dino Gavina's Simon company, and its frame replaced bent tube with a thin rod that was bent, induction-welded and chromed. After Simon International joined Cassina the process was revisited and the cover given a zip.
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