Bruno Mathsson (13 January 1907 – 17 August 1988) was a Swedish furniture designer and architect whose ideas aligned with functionalism, modernism, as well as old Swedish crafts tradition.[1]
Mathsson was raised in the town of Värnamo in the Småland region of Sweden, the son of a master cabinet maker.[2] After a short time of education in school, he started to work in his father's gallery. He soon found a great interest in furniture and especially chairs, their function and design. In the 1920s and 30s he developed a techniques for building bentwood chairs with hemp webbing. The first model, called the Grasshopper, was used at Värnamo Hospital in 1931.[3]
Edgar Kaufmann Jr., director of the Industrial Design Department at the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), collected Mathsson's chairs and included them in several exhibitions in the 1940s.[4] Kaufmann considered Mathsson's importance in furniture design on par with that of Alvar Aalto.[5] Kaufmann and his family also had a Mathsson chair at their house Fallingwater.[6]
Mathsson was also an accomplished architect; he completed about 100 structures in the 1940s and 50s.[7] He was the first architect in Sweden to build all-glass structures with heated floors. His furniture showroom in Värnamo (1950) was a significant example; it is well-preserved and open to the public today. For his glass houses, he developed double- and triple-pane insulated glass units called "Bruno-Pane".[8]
He traveled extensively in the United States and was strongly influenced by the solar houses of George Fred Keck. Mathsson's architecture was also influenced by a visit to the Eames House by Charles and Ray Eames in March 1949 just as it was being completed.[1]
Worksedit
Mathsson's Eva and Mina chairs
Furnitureedit
Grasshopper (1931)
Mimat (1932)
Pernilla (1934)
The Eva Chair (1935)
Folding table (1935)
Paris Daybed (1937)
Swivel chair (1939-1940)
Pernilla Lounge
Jetson Chair
Super-Ellipse™ table series, with Piet Hein (1966)
Annika nesting tables (1968)
Architectureedit
Bruno Mathsson furniture showroom, Värnamo (1950)Kosta Glassworks (1956)
Bruno Mathsson furniture showroom, Värnamo (1950)
house at Danderyd (1955)
Villa Prenker, Kungsör (1955)
Kosta Glassworks exhibition hall and residences, Kosta (1956)
weekend cottage at Frösakull (1960)
"one of the most daring examples of his glass houses."[3]
^ abWidman, Dag; Winter, Karin; Stritzler-Levine, Nina (2006). Bruno Mathsson: architect and designer. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. ISBN9780300121919.
^"About Bruno Mathsson". Bruno Mathsson International AB.
^ ab"Bruno Mathsson: Architect and Designer, Past Exhibition, March 22 – June 10, 2007". Bard Graduate Center.
^Christiansson, Carl E. (1966). "Bruno Mathsson: Furniture/Structures/Ideas". Design Quarterly. 65 (65): 1–2, 5–31. doi:10.2307/4047313. JSTOR 4047313.
^Kiss, Bernadett; Neij, Lena (2011). "The importance of learning when supporting emergent technologies for energy efficiency: A case study on policy intervention for learning for the development of energy efficient windows in Sweden". Energy Policy. 39 (10): 6514–6524. doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2011.07.053.
^Xie, Jenny (December 5, 2017). "Swedish Designer Bruno Mathsson's Home Is a Perfect Midcentury Time Capsule". Dwell magazine.
External linksedit
Bruno Mathsson at DigitaltMuseum
Denzer, Anthony (2022). "Bruno Mathsson's Solar Architecture". nonsite.org (40).
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bruno, mathsson, january, 1907, august, 1988, swedish, furniture, designer, architect, whose, ideas, aligned, with, functionalism, modernism, well, swedish, crafts, tradition, contents, biography, works, furniture, architecture, references, external, linksbiog. Bruno Mathsson 13 January 1907 17 August 1988 was a Swedish furniture designer and architect whose ideas aligned with functionalism modernism as well as old Swedish crafts tradition 1 Bruno Mathsson Contents 1 Biography 2 Works 2 1 Furniture 2 2 Architecture 3 References 4 External linksBiography edit nbsp Bruno Mathsson in 1950Mathsson was raised in the town of Varnamo in the Smaland region of Sweden the son of a master cabinet maker 2 After a short time of education in school he started to work in his father s gallery He soon found a great interest in furniture and especially chairs their function and design In the 1920s and 30s he developed a techniques for building bentwood chairs with hemp webbing The first model called the Grasshopper was used at Varnamo Hospital in 1931 3 Edgar Kaufmann Jr director of the Industrial Design Department at the Museum of Modern Art MOMA collected Mathsson s chairs and included them in several exhibitions in the 1940s 4 Kaufmann considered Mathsson s importance in furniture design on par with that of Alvar Aalto 5 Kaufmann and his family also had a Mathsson chair at their house Fallingwater 6 Mathsson was also an accomplished architect he completed about 100 structures in the 1940s and 50s 7 He was the first architect in Sweden to build all glass structures with heated floors His furniture showroom in Varnamo 1950 was a significant example it is well preserved and open to the public today For his glass houses he developed double and triple pane insulated glass units called Bruno Pane 8 He traveled extensively in the United States and was strongly influenced by the solar houses of George Fred Keck Mathsson s architecture was also influenced by a visit to the Eames House by Charles and Ray Eames in March 1949 just as it was being completed 1 Works edit nbsp Mathsson s Eva and Mina chairsFurniture edit Grasshopper 1931 Mimat 1932 Pernilla 1934 The Eva Chair 1935 Folding table 1935 Paris Daybed 1937 Swivel chair 1939 1940 Pernilla Lounge Jetson Chair Super Ellipse table series with Piet Hein 1966 Annika nesting tables 1968 Architecture edit nbsp Bruno Mathsson furniture showroom Varnamo 1950 nbsp Kosta Glassworks 1956 Bruno Mathsson furniture showroom Varnamo 1950 house at Danderyd 1955 Villa Prenker Kungsor 1955 Kosta Glassworks exhibition hall and residences Kosta 1956 weekend cottage at Frosakull 1960 one of the most daring examples of his glass houses 3 Sodrakull outside Varnamo 1965 9 References edit a b Widman Dag Winter Karin Stritzler Levine Nina 2006 Bruno Mathsson architect and designer New Haven and London Yale University Press ISBN 9780300121919 About Bruno Mathsson Bruno Mathsson International AB a b Bruno Mathsson Architect and Designer Past Exhibition March 22 June 10 2007 Bard Graduate Center Bruno Mathsson Museum of Modern Art Kaufmann Jr Edgar 1947 Modern rooms of the last fifty years PDF Museum of Modern Art The Fallingwater Collection Christiansson Carl E 1966 Bruno Mathsson Furniture Structures Ideas Design Quarterly 65 65 1 2 5 31 doi 10 2307 4047313 JSTOR 4047313 Kiss Bernadett Neij Lena 2011 The importance of learning when supporting emergent technologies for energy efficiency A case study on policy intervention for learning for the development of energy efficient windows in Sweden Energy Policy 39 10 6514 6524 doi 10 1016 j enpol 2011 07 053 Xie Jenny December 5 2017 Swedish Designer Bruno Mathsson s Home Is a Perfect Midcentury Time Capsule Dwell magazine External links editBruno Mathsson at DigitaltMuseum nbsp Denzer Anthony 2022 Bruno Mathsson s Solar Architecture nonsite org 40 nbsp nbsp This article about a Swedish architect is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bruno Mathsson amp oldid 1127071938, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
