Chair

Material: plywood, steel tubes

1999, Braun Lockenhaus (prototype)

Museum Collections:

Imperial Furniture Collection, Vienna

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The key inspiration was Henry Koster’s film “Harvey” (1950), in which the main character – played by James Stewart – had an invisible two-metre-tall rabbit as a friend, which naturally leads to all sorts of complications.

The Harvey Chair, with its two large ears, could also be considered a gregarious friend upon whom one can rely. Because the backrest is divided into two parts and thereby leaves the spine untouched, the furniture allows an unusually free seating experience – just as requested by today’s ergonomics experts.