F300/ F301 easy chair
Designed by:
Paulin P
Co-Designed by:
-
Designer:
Pierre Paulin
Co-Designer:
-
Date of Design:
1967
Date of Manufacture:
Decade:
1960s
Region:
Europe
Significance:
Development of the Armchair AP-14
Manufacturer:
Artifort
Material:
Polyester
Process:
Pressure moulded
Monobloc:
No
Cantilever:
No
Renewable Carbon:
No
Weight:
Note:
Country of origin: France (designer), Netherlands (manufacturer). Image: Flux Vintage. Paulin’s first chair, (in 1954) was the ArmchirAP-14, also known as the Anneau chair due to its ring like frame. This chair featured a metal frame with suspended leather upholstery. As Paulin’s longtime associate Michael Chalard noted, ‘the F300 can be seen as a development of this design, where the back and side have been drawn down to the floor, almost as if they had melted away’. The F300 is a monobloc in that it moulded as single piece in polyurethane with a soft glossy finish. Comfort is provided through padded upholstery attached to the inside of the hollow which creates the back and arm rests, a characteristic this model shares with Eero Aarino’s Pastil chair of the same year.