Designs for Artifort

Designed to be used with others in an 'island seating' situation. Cold bent ply set within the top plate and supporting the seat frame.  The whole set on chromed steel strip under frame.

042 Chairs used at Lima Airport, Peru 1963/4

Stills from the Stanley Kulbrik film '2001 A Space Odyssey' showing the use of a slightly modified 042

Upholstered ply shell on steel rod rocking frame. The shell went on to be developed into the 588 programme.

Formed ply shell  on aluminium base. Fixed cushion version

Plywood back and seat designed to bank in lengths of three, all facing one way or opposing directions

Ply shell on laminated ply base

Wooden frame on cast aluminium supports.  Sucessor to 042 island seating system

Reprint from Domus magazine on introduction of 630 programme

Designed to extend the possibility of island seating but with a hexagon plan. Ply, bent ply on wood frame, mounted on steel underframe

Originally loose cushions on a GRP shell with GRP base.  Subsequently fixed pads onto high density polystyrene shell and base. 

Chair exhibited in Industry section of Royal College of Art 150th Year Exhibition, 2013.

Cast aluminium base plates and leg frames around a steel beam set diagonally.   Part of a larger programme of office and waiting area seating of 1968.

Multiple Seating System showing table and arm mounting.

Public area sofa system No 615 where a bent steel tube supports an upholstered back. 1973

Made in high density polystyrene with ply seat.  Originally designed for manufacture in bent solid wood which nad been compressed before bending.

Developed over the years to the present day. Formed ply shell on various aluminium bases.

As above

Ply shell  whose edge is covered with leather and seat and back upholstery stapled behind a welt to the ply edge.  Part of a large programme of varients based on the same shell.

Low back version of Michigan chair on bespoke designed powder coated cast aluminium base

 Steel tube frame with rubberised webbing, foam and stretch fabric.  Still in production.

High Density foam shell, foam rubber pads and cast aluminium arm.  On various bases including beam mounted system.  1973

High Density polystyrene shells mounted on various bases, including stacking frame, beam system and platform mounting.

Design for a simple chair which by custom screen print fabric, emulated the spirit of chairs from the past, Mackintosh, Chippendale,  Edward Barnsley etc.   The pages are taken from the Netherlands Textile Museum publication and are of sketches and photos of models by G Harcourt.

Side frame return over seat cushion with soft pad arm

Not produced

Approx 1980