Bofinger chair

The Bofinger Chair, also known as BA designated 1171, was designed by the architect and designer Helmut Bätzner in 1964, and in close collaboration with the residents of the Baden-Württemberg Ilsfeld Bofinger, led by Rudolf Baresel - Bofinger for the first in a Press Gang in mass-produced plastic chair in the world developed.

As the material through colored glass filled polyester resin was used in the preparation. In a long series of experiments, the characteristic shape of the chair seat with regard to shape, maximum stability with minimum material thickness, elasticity required, stackability and industrial series production was found. The pressing process in the bivalve heated steel mold lasted less than five minutes and required only a minimal manual finishing of the edges.

1966 aroused the Bofinger Chair at the Cologne furniture fair, the attention of the public and received in the same year the Rosenthal Studio Prize in the presence of Chancellor Ludwig Erhard, Philip Rosenthal and Walter Gropius. The Bofinger chair was to contemporary design icon and appeared in numerous publications. In 1971 set the occasion of their happenings twelve well-known artists, including Joseph Beuys, Sigmar Polke, Günther Uecker, Wolf Vostell and Stefan Wewerka, with the Bofinger Chair apart. Museums such as the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, the Centre Pompidou in Paris and the Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein, took the Bofinger chair in their collection. The Bofinger chair is considered one of the most important classics of modern furniture design.