El Lissitzky: Armchair for the Hygiene Exhibition Dresden
This chair is painted plywood construction with solid wood seat and metal fittings. El Lissitzky taught at the Vkhutemas Moscow design institute and was a co-founder of Constuctivism. He associated with De Stijl members, Bauhaus designers and Dada artist and their influence can be seen in his designs.
I think that this chair looks too much like a movie theather chair to be placed anywhere else in public. I also think that it looks very uncomfortable because of the harsh hard plastic. One thing that I really don’t like is how far the arms are placed up on the chair it looks like that would be a pain in the butt to hold you arms way up there.

Gerrit Rietveld: Zig zag chair
Oak constructed with brass fittings. The 45 degree angle of the zig zag chair’s cantilever can be seen as a response to Theo van Doesburgs’s call in 1924 for the introduction of oblique linesto resolve the tension between vertical and horizontal elements.
This zig zag chair I don’t find very attractive, I feel like the chair would be stronger if it just stopped at the Z and didn’t have the back part of the chair on it. I also think that it would look cooler if the Zig zag chair was made out of metal or a painted plastic.

Alvar Aalto: Model No.43
This chair is made of bent laminated wood and solid birch frame with textile webbing. The model No. 60 stool and model No. 69 chair demonstrates Aalto’s interest in basic functional forms. The later model No.43 chaise lounge and model No. 406 are less utilitarian and more suited to domestic settings.
This chair looks very comfortable, I really like the reclined position that it is in. I also like the weaving effect that is on the chair I like how the dark and light strips contrast each other.

Gerrit Rietveld: Aluminium chair
Pressed and stamped aluminium contruction. This chair was probably inspired by military aircraft seats. Constructed from a bent, single sheet of stamped aluminium, the design pushed the materials technical and aesthetic limits further than ever before.
I think that is chair looks very cold, and unfriendly. I do however like the holes that are in the chair, I don’t understand the point of them as with most of the others but I like them. I don’t like the sharp edges of the chair, although they contrast the holes.

Jean Prouve: Visiteur
Bent tubular steel, lacquered oak and sheet zinc construction. Although originally retailed with an upholstered seat and back, this chair’s use of sheet zinc is most unusual. The ball foot motif became increasingly popular throughout the 1950’s.
I think that this chair looks way to hard to sit on but, I do like the zinc metal that is used in the chair. I like it because it is unusual and that type of metal isn’t used very often on chairs. I think that it looks like its too short and low to the ground as well.

Borge Mogensen: Model No. 1789
Beech frame with upholstered cushions and leather ties. The No. 1789 sofa was one of a number of designs by Mogensen, who had worked with both Wegner and Klint, that were successful reinterpretations of traditional seat types.
The main thing that drew my eye to this chair was the fact that the one side folds down so you are able to lay down on this chair that looks like a bench. I don’t however like the cloth or color of the wood I think that it is too outdated and country looking for my taste.

Donald Knorr: Model No. 132U
The innovative model No 132. U shared first prize at the “ International Competition for Low-Cost Furniture Design” in New York. The prototype seat shells were made from sheets of themoset plastic. Bent zinc-plated steel seating section on painted tubular steel legs.
This chair has a very unique look to it, I really enjoy the fact that it looks like either an oyster or half of a fortune cookie , the back part of the chair where the hole is taken out doesn’t really make since to me and isn’t explained why it is there but, I do think it does look esthetically pleasing to the eye.

~ This information was taken out of the 1,000 chairs book by Charlotte and Peter Fiell