Designed by Joseph Paul D'Urso
Product description:
The D'Urso Swivel Lounge strikes a playful balance between utility and whimsy, bringing a modern twist to the cocktail lounge seating category that is perfect for today's more relaxed workplace or hospitality setting.
Product story
Joseph Paul D'Urso, who helped pioneer the "high-tech movement in interior design, collaborated with Knoll in the 1980s to introduce lounge and table collections. In 2008, he returned to design a new sofa and lounge chair.
"Being as I've done interiors for about 40 years, I have a pretty good idea of all the products that are out there. I am constantly looking for things and not finding exactly what I want. So, I use that as a challenge to try to design something that suits the function that I need. The lounge is meant to be a small, but comfortable, fun chair. It swivels, which is something that really interests me. I find that people are really much more comfortable in chairs that can move with them."
Joseph D'Urso
Joseph Paul D'Urso, who studied design at Pratt Institute, Royal College of Art in London and Manchester College of Art, is widely acknowledged as a leader of the high-tech design movement of the 1970s. While helping to define minimalist principles for living, he expanded design vocabulary with new materials and graphic, streamlined forms.
Specifications:
- Available in a range of KnollTextiles and Spinneybeck® leathers
- Railroaded textile application
- Leather upholstery features two vertical double needle top stitched seams on the outside back of the chair
- Cushion is urethane foam with polyester fiber wrap featuring a single needle top stitch detail
- Urethane foam with polyester top layer wraps interior frame and a fully upholstered panel surrounds the chair
- Inner frame is constructed of solid wood and bent laminate plywood
- Base is die cast aluminum finished with polished chrome, or textured black or warm white powder coat
- 360 degree swivel mechanism with optional return to center mechanism
- Pneumatic seat height adjustment with a low profile lever on the underside of the chair
- Available in fixed height: 19 seat height and a 27 3/4" overall height
Sustainable Design:
Learn more about D'Urso Swivel Chair product certifications and materials at Ecomedes.
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