Modern Icons: The Globus Chair
Put This Chair's Curves to Work at Your Desk, Dining Table or Next Big Event
The Globus Chair, desgined by Jesús Gasca in 1994, is having a major moment. Its curvy chrome details and cut-out made it a perfect choice for the new Santiago Calatrava Pavilion at the Milwaukee Museum of Art. In the space, white Globus Chairs mingle with black Barcelona Chairs, and when arranged for events, seem like the only appropriate choice for their grand reception area, Windhover Hall. This chair works well in all sorts of situations, from a lone desk chair to a dinner party for six, from an intimate inn's dining room to a museum pavilion full of people.
This is The Milwaukee Art Museum's Windhover Hall. Isn't it heavenly? Aren't these the perfect chairs? I'll include another image that shows more of the Calatrava architecture later.
Globus Chair | DWR
The chair gets a lot of mileage out of the elliptical cut out in the back. It adds style, ventilation and an extra curve. It's available in a molded beech plywood or plastic, and with polished chrome or matte chrome legs. It also stacks for easy storage, though unless you own a restaurant, I can't imagine why you wouldn't want to leave every Globus you own out to show off all the time.
Interior Designer Rachel Reider proved that this chair can mix with a bold floral wallpaper, a drum pendant, and a leather banquette when she chose the Globus for The Veranda House Inn on Nantucket. What ties all of these seemingly disparate elements together? Curves and a bit of mediation by crisp white table linens.
Here the chair goes solo, ready to contribute to the living room as an occasional chair or for an extra guest at the dining room table.
This designer has chosen a blocky wood table in a dining room full of rectangles and squares. The Globus chairs and their big curves add a bit of relief from all of these straight lines. The cylindrical pendant lights are the only other element in the room that add a circle.
Tip: When planning out your furniture, pay attention to the shape of your furniture and accessories. If straight lines dominate, throw a few curves into the mix. Light fixtures, lamps, area rugs, poufs and chairs all can round out a room.
Tip: When planning out your furniture, pay attention to the shape of your furniture and accessories. If straight lines dominate, throw a few curves into the mix. Light fixtures, lamps, area rugs, poufs and chairs all can round out a room.
The Globus is also an excellent choice for a desk chair. It has a waterfall seat, and the molded shape was designed for maximum comfort.
This room plays with the contrast between cool concrete and warm wood; the contrast between the warm brown backs and seats versus the cold chrome of the chairs makes them a playful pick for this contemporary space.
I began this ideabook with an image of Windhover Hall and I'm ending it with one. Now that you are more familiar with the Globus Chair's shape, you can see why it was chosen to complement this soaring and curved architecture. The cut-out in the back of the chair relates so well to the spectacular curved opening which lets in the natural light.
Doesn't the thought of a cabin on a lake in Wisconsin and a visit to the Milwaukee Museum of Art sound like a good summer trip idea?
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Modern Icons: The Cherner Chair
Modern Icons: The Marais A Chair
Doesn't the thought of a cabin on a lake in Wisconsin and a visit to the Milwaukee Museum of Art sound like a good summer trip idea?
More iconic dining chairs:
Modern Icons: The Cherner Chair
Modern Icons: The Marais A Chair