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Chair by Marvin Drandell USA early 1990s Marvin Drandell is a Los Angeles-based designer and maker of bespoke furniture. Trained as a scientist, Drandell treats each new project as a technical exploration. He solves the problems of furniture design with great originality, but never uses the same invention twice. Every component he makes for his extremely labor-intensive pieces is machined from solid material, and every completed piece he makes is a one-off, never to be duplicated. Though Drandell himself would never use the expression "art furniture" to describe what he does, it would be the conventional category to place his work in. This chair, one of Drandell's earliest projects, is a rocking chair which uses the curvature of a pair of bicycle wheels as pivot points, the extent of the resulting movement limited by the shock-absorbers at the rear of the piece. (It is also fitted with short, aluminum "legs" which convert it into a stationary chair; these are removable to allow the chair to rock freely.) The seat and back are fashioned from the foam cores used to make surfboards, the carved contours carefully fiberglassed. Price $2,500 Condition Excellent condition. Measurements Height: 30 in. Width/Length: 32 in. Depth: 26 in. Specifications Number of items: 1 Materials/Technique: Fiberglass, aluminum, stainless steel, bicycle wheels and tires. Creator: Marvin Drandell Reference: 0710078091267 |
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