"Migros" ("Painters") Chair

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"Migros" ("Painters") Chair

1997

Designed by Beata Bär (German, born 1962) , and Gerhard Bär (German, born 1959) , and Hartmut Knell (German, born 1966) Made by Bär + Knell Design, Bad Wimpfen, Germany

The Bär + Knell design firm began working with the German national recycling agency in 1992 in an effort to put the colorful plastic material that was being collected from German households to creative use. The brightly colored furniture they created was molded from plastic packaging and each piece is essentially one of a kind. The Museum's chair was made using plastic bags from the gigantic Swiss retailer Migros.

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Object Details

Titles:

"Migros" ("Painters") Chair
From the series "Zeitdokumente" ("Time Documents")

Date:

1997

Artists:

Designed by Beata Bär (German, born 1962) , and Gerhard Bär (German, born 1959) , and Hartmut Knell (German, born 1966) Made by Bär + Knell Design, Bad Wimpfen, Germany

Medium:

Recycled plastic

Dimensions:

29 1/2 x 23 5/8 x 25 3/16 inches (75 x 60 x 64 cm)

Classification:

Furniture/Furnishings

Credit Line:

Gift of Bär + Knell Design, 1999

Accession Number:

1999-10-1

Geography:

Made in Germany, Europe

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