World Classic Chairs -Famous Classic Chair Designs - They have Changed the global trend-part 1

2025-04-18

World Classic Chairs -35 Classic Chair Designs - They have Changed the global trend！

The chair is the most fundamental household item for human beings. Ordinary yet extraordinary, it is beloved and repeatedly designed by countless masters. Chairs rich in humanistic values have become an important symbol of the transformation of design styles and technological development. By savoring these classic chairs, we can see through the design history of the past more than one hundred years. A chair is not merely a symbol of a story; it is also a representation of The Times.

01 红蓝椅/Rood blauwe stoel

Design time: 1918

Designer: Gerrit Rietveld

The Rood blauwe stoel chair was designed by the Dutch designer Harriet Rittfeld in 1918 and was a three-dimensional representative work in the initial period of the Dutch De Stijl movement. Later, it was presented as a gift by the American architectural master Philip Johnson to the Museum of Modern Art in New York, USA, which presented it as a permanent exhibition. By neoplasticism aesthetics by graphic art extended to stereo space, makes the red and blue chair is highly cubism symbol characteristics, more like a different kind of expression, extremely individualistic.

02 瓦西里椅/Wassily Chair

Design time: 1925

Designer: Marcel Lajos Breue

The designer, Breue, was a student of the Bauhaus. The Vasily chair was an avant-garde design born under the influence of modernist thought at that time. It was the world's first steel pipe leather chair and was once called the symbol of steel pipe chairs in the 20th century, pioneering the way of modern furniture.

03 柯布西耶躺椅/Chaise Longue Chair

Design time: 1928

Designer: Le Corbusier

The Le Corbusier lounge chair, jointly designed by the renowned architectural masters Le Corbusier, Charlotte Perriand and Pierre Jeanneret. This is a work of epoch-making significance. It is equally firm and flexible, ingeniously combining two different materials, stainless steel and leather. The reasonable structure makes the entire chair design ergonomic. When you lie on it, every point on your back can fit tightly with the chair and get perfect support. Therefore, it is also called a "comfortable machine".

04 巴塞罗那椅/Barcelona Chair

Design time: 1929

Designer：Mies van der Rohe

Despite its slightly bulky appearance, the chair is collected by many museums! It was designed by the German designer Mies van der Rohe. Mies van der Rohe was the third president of the Bauhaus. The well-known saying in the design circle, "Less is more", was said by him.The Barcelona Chair was designed to welcome the King and Queen of Spain. In harmony with the renowned German Pavilion, it became a classic at the 1929 Barcelona World Expo and also a landmark work in modern furniture design.

Of course, as it was designed for the royal family, its comfort level is also excellent. The checkered genuine leather cushion is specially made by hand-wrapping goat leather with density foam, creating a strong force contrast with the chair legs. This makes the Barcelona chair appear more solemn and elegant, becoming a symbol of noble status and earning it the title of Rolex and Rolls-Royce of 20th-century chairs.

05 铁椅 / Tolix chair

Design time: 1934

Designer：Xavier Pauchard

The legend of the Tolix Chair began in a small French town called Autun. In 1934, Xavier Pauchard(1880-1948), a pioneer of the French galvanizing industry, successfully applied galvanizing technology to metal furniture in his own factory and designed and produced the first Tolix Chair. Its classic shape and stable structure have won the favor of many designers, who have given it a new lease of life and made it a versatile chair in contemporary design.

This chair has almost become a standard feature in French cafes. In the past, wherever there was a bar counter, there was a row of ToliX.

06 兰迪椅/Landi Chair

Design time: 1938

Designer：Hans Coray

The Landi Chair, designed in 1939, holds an important position in the design history of the 20th century: Hans Corey's classic work established a new type of three-dimensional seat shell on a separate base. Whole aluminum chair of clear structure consists of two parts. Firstly, a pair of U-shaped contours connected by welded crossbeams form a self-supporting frame, which also serves as legs and low handrails. This base supports the seat shell, which can ideally take advantage of the possibilities of this material: 91 perforations not only ensure the moderate weight and flexibility of the comfortable shell, but also add an iconic look to the elegant Landi.

Coray's designs have continuously inspired a host of designers to attempt perforation in metal, but none of their works can surpass the modernity of the Randi chair.

This is a chair from 1939. Even today, it remains avant-garde and modern.

07 子宫椅/Womb chair

Design time: in 1946

Designer：Eero Saarinen

Saarinen is a renowned American architect and industrial designer. His furniture designs are highly artistic and have a strong sense of The Times. In this work that challenges the traditional concept of furniture, brings strong impact on the vision. The chair body is wrapped in soft cashmere fabric. Sitting on it gives a feeling of being gently embraced by the chair, providing comprehensive comfort and security, just like being in a mother's womb. A recognized modernist product of the middle of this century has also become a true modern classic product! This is also a chair that can adapt to almost any sitting posture.

08 叉骨椅 / Wishbone Chair

Design time: 1949

Designer: Hans J. Wegner

The Wishbone Chair, also known as the "Y" chair, is inspired by the Chinese Ming-style round-backed armchair. It has appeared in countless interior design magazines and can be regarded as a supermodel in the chair industry. The most distinctive feature of it is the Y-shaped structure on the backrest that connects the upper and lower parts. The backrest and armrests are made by steam heating and bending technology, making its shape simple and the experience comfortable.

09 椅子中的椅子/The Chair

Design time: 1949

Designer:Hans Wegner

This iconic round Chair, which came out in 1949, drew inspiration from Chinese seats and is renowned for its nearly perfect smooth lines and minimalist design. The entire chair is seamlessly integrated from shape to components and has since been respectfully called "The Chair" by people.

Even from today's perspective, there are still few works that can be compared with it. The following year, the American magazine Interiors highly praised it as "the most perfect chair in the world".

In 1960, during The splendid presidential debate between Kennedy and Nixon, The Chair became the official chair. Years later, Obama also used it at an international conference.

10 熊椅 / Papa Bear Chair

Design time: 1950

Designer:Hans Wegner

Hans Wegner, the designer of the bear chair, was one of the greatest furniture designers of the 20th century in Denmark and even in the world. "Bear's paw is like a bear with a hug from behind you" named "bear chair", simple and concise trait is deep Nordic design essence, sit up is like sitting in the mother's arms, warm, comfortable, full of sense of security.