Plastic Furniture: las sillas-mundo
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En los años cincuenta del siglo pasado, Charles
y Ray Eames, desarrollaron una familia de
mobiliario que ha recibido el nombre de Plastic
Furniture. La búsqueda de una producción de
muebles en serie y a bajo coste para las casas
americanas de la posguerra les llevó a idear una
audaz estrategia que permitía, por medio de la
combinatoria de asientos realizados en fibra de
vidrio y de bases de estructura metálica, obtener
una versátil variedad de sillas. El resultado
fue al mismo tiempo un gran éxito comercial y
uno de los diseños más celebrados del siglo xx.
En múltiples ocasiones las aportaciones de este
mobiliario se han vinculado exclusivamente
a innovaciones técnicas y formales. Más allá
de estas consideraciones, este artículo analiza
como contribución principal el cambio conceptual
que aportó el diseño con respecto al mobiliario
precedente del movimiento moderno y
explora las implicaciones de este en una nueva
forma de relacionarse en el mundo. Esta aproximación
permitirá entender la Plastic Furniture
como una agrupación heterogénea que visibiliza
una manera de operar con la diversidad.
In the fifties of the last century, Charles and Ray Eames, developed a family of furniture that has been called Plastic Furniture. The aim of mass producing low cost furniture for the postwar american houses led them to devise a bold strategy. Through the combination of seats made of fibreglass and metal frame bases they could get a versatile range of chairs. The result was both a commercial success and one of the most celebrated designs of the twentieth century. On multiple occasions, the contributions of this furniture have been exclusively linked to technical and design innovations. Above them, this article analyzes as a main contribution the conceptual change with regard the preceding modern furniture and explores the implications of this new way of being related to the world. This approach enables us to understand the Plastic Furniture as a heterogeneous set that makes visible a way to operate with diversity.
In the fifties of the last century, Charles and Ray Eames, developed a family of furniture that has been called Plastic Furniture. The aim of mass producing low cost furniture for the postwar american houses led them to devise a bold strategy. Through the combination of seats made of fibreglass and metal frame bases they could get a versatile range of chairs. The result was both a commercial success and one of the most celebrated designs of the twentieth century. On multiple occasions, the contributions of this furniture have been exclusively linked to technical and design innovations. Above them, this article analyzes as a main contribution the conceptual change with regard the preceding modern furniture and explores the implications of this new way of being related to the world. This approach enables us to understand the Plastic Furniture as a heterogeneous set that makes visible a way to operate with diversity.
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Navarro Ríos, V. (2014). Plastic Furniture: las sillas-mundo. REIA: Revista Europea de Investigación en Arquitectura, (2), 113-126. http://reia.es/REIA207.pdf





