World’s Most Expensive Chair Costs at Least $1.6M
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The Lockheed Chaise Longue designed by designer Marc Newson, which is made of aluminum and fiberglass, is ready for auction next month at Christie’s in London. The estimate price is $1.6 million to $2.4 million, this could be the world’s most expensive chair.
The Sun’s headline proclaims the chair to be a “million pounds of comfort,” the key word in the “fluid aluminum form” envisioned by its designer, Marc Newson, is “aluminum.”
This is the info. of the chair from its website:
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After his graduation in 1984 he staged an exhibition and featured this aluminium chaise longue, the Lockheed Lounge – at the Roslyn Oxley Gallery in Sydney. The sensual, curvaceous shape of the Lockheed Lounge is based on Newson’s vision of a “fluid metallic form, like a giant blob of mercury,” which has become the keystone of his design vocabulary. Named after the American aircraft manufacturer, the chair’s body is covered with nonoverlapping aluminum sheets joined with blind rivets, giving the impression on an airplane body.
Aluminum’s properties make it the material of choice in many areas, such as stacking and outdoor furniture. Manufacturers and designers, however, are always looking for innovative slants on old themes. London-based designers Lockheed Lounge is a stunning example of a design that crosses boundaries between industry and art.
