Creepy Crawly 1980s Chair Design

I am trying to work out if I like this chair. I think I do, its ergonomic and comfortable, Norwegian design from the early 1980s. However, there is something of the spider about its form – especially in black, which unnerves me a little. But then good design should provoke a reaction.

It offers so much for the eye as you wonder round the form. From the front the rhythm of the piece cascades down like a waterfall. Move your vantage point and the chair has a face, or maybe it is all about the space in-between.

The ‘Ekstrem’ Chair by Terje Ekstrom was designed for Hjellegjerde from a prototype he made 12 years earlier. The chair definitely brings the fun and I could see kids loving climbing all over it! A black chair paired with grey marble and lofty ceilings would sit quite comfortably. Or perhaps in electric blue, sitting next to Henri Matisse’s Blue Nude II.

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