A beautifully considered piece, this chair was first designed in 1948 and presented at the New York Museum of Modern Art competition for ‘Low-Cost Furniture Design’. Now made from recycled material, the DAW armchair offers even greater seating comfort.
Vitra has retained the Eames’s idea of combining a comfortable seat with different bases, in order to achieve the widest possible number of uses for the chair, making the chair suitable for the home, cafés, offices, lobbies or waiting rooms and training areas. This chair is part of the Eames collection of shell chairs.
American husband and wife design duo Charles and Ray Eames have had a profound influence on the visual character of American life, producing original work within the fields of architecture, furniture design, industrial design, manufacturing and the photographic arts.
The Eames’ first partnered with Vitra in 1957 to produce some of the most iconic pieces of furniture in the history of interior design. Today Vitra continues to reflect their philosophy on design and functionality, best understood through Charles’ own words: “Recognising the need is the primary condition for the design”.
