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Victoria and Albert Armchair
Victoria and Albert armchair by Ron Arad for Moroso (2000): injected foam over a steel frame
2000
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Description
Overview
The Victoria and Albert armchair carries the credit Ron Arad, 2000 and sits in the Armchairs category of the Moroso range.
Arad's work sits on the dividing line between industrial design and contemporary art.
Construction
A steel frame sits inside a body of injected polyurethane foam.
Specifications
- Designer and year: Ron Arad, 2000
- Body: injected polyurethane foam
- Frame: internal steel
Story
Ron Arad, 2000
Moroso names Ron Arad, an Israeli architect and designer, as the author of the Victoria and Albert armchair and gives the year 2000.
Foam over steel
A steel frame sits inside the armchair's body of injected polyurethane foam. In Arad's partnership with Moroso, his plastic and conceptual research is credited with adding to the company's own interpretative sensitivity.
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