Wiener GTV Design Thonet - Morris chair

MORRIS chair, by the creative duo GamFratesi, reinterprets the classic Viennese seat, by using new proportions which broaden its perspective, suggesting new references to design icons. The structure is made up of steam-bent solid beech elements and includes an upholstered chair with a woven cane backrest, available in two heights. The juxtaposition of the two versions gives a funny movement to the dining room’s horizon, playing with heights and colours, suggesting irreverent furnishing solutions both in home environments and contract spaces.

Gamfratesi

Studio Gamfratesi was founded in 2006 by Danish architect Stine Gam and Italian architect Enrico Fratesi. The firm is based in Copenhagen. Gamfratesi design draws its creativity from a fusion of tradition and innovation in an experimental approach to the materials and techniques chosen. Each with their own experience, Stine Gam and Enrico Fratesi draw from the classic Danish furniture style and craftsmanship, as well as a conceptual and intellectual Italian approach. Understanding tradition and actively addressing it to laboratory activities allows its expansion. From this substrate of cultural blends they create a design that respectfully reflects tradition by inserting exclusive stories, symbols and associations expressed in a minimalist way. Gamfratesi aims to create furniture that illustrate the process and techniques that created it and that reflect a persistent exploration of the different border area between harmony and disharmony. Participating in numerous exhibitions: Milan, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Cologne, New York, Shanghai, London, Berlin, etc

Wiener GTV Design Thonet

Michael Thonet (1796-1871) and his five children were the most successful manufacturers of furniture in the Industrial Age. Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH (GTV) has develop edits work in a successful blend of the traditional and the modern, of continuity and renewal, with a new production program that begins by re-editing a series of Gebrüder Thonet classics. At the same time, GTV stands for contemporary furnishing. Advanced production techniques are applied to innovative designs and uses of materials, to create highly sought-after, multipurpose furnishing items. Truly original, up-to-date solutions that integrate well with the more classic products of its catalogue, now reworked.Items such as chair No. 14, of which more than 50 million were made between 1850 and 1930, have gone down in history for their fine design and manufacturing quality, and yet still today excite and attract new generations. GTV always succeeds in finding the perfect combination of tradition and innovation, assisted by continuous research into new, clear-cut, versatile designs.The tangible and intangible intrinsic value of the GTV collection is expressed in the Wiener GTV Design brand, engraved on a coin embedded in the structure of each single piece: a precious detail that certifies authenticity, originality and quality in stable balance between manufacturing and high-level craftsmanship. Inspiring this unique detail was the coin with the image of the brand that was historically spent internally within Thonet production facilities throughout Europe.