A "How High the Moon" armchair, Vitra, 2003.
Nickel-plated steel mesh, manufacturer's paper label. Width 92.5 cm, depth 82 cm, height 72 cm.
Minor superficial wear.
Charlotte & Peter Fiell, "1000 Chairs", Taschen, 2000, model illustrated p. 575.
Exhibition catalogue, "100 Masterpieces from the Vitra Design Museum Collection", Vitra Design Museum, 1996, model illustrated p. 201.
Designed in 1986, "How High the Moon" is named after a popular jazz standard. An example of this design is held in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Shiro Kuramata was a Japanese designer. In the 1980s, Kuramata was invited by the Italian designer Ettore Sottsass to join the Memphis Group in Milan, where he, together with young designers, revolted against the conventional design ideals.
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