Name: Just Bar + Counter Stool
Brand: Normann Copenhagen • Iskos-Berlin
SKU: NOR-602670
Price: 435.00 USD
Availability: InStock

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Spec Sheet

Description

Easily adapting their veneer shell chair to a backless bar and counter stool, Iskos-Berlin illustrate the flexibility of the signature molded design. Just offers a comfortably curved seat and stable metal base with a handy footrest, integrating as a whole nearly seamlessly. The characteristic simplicity of the series is reflected in the choice of natural oak finish with a chrome base or in black-stained ash with black metal.

Specifications

Size

Bar: 29.5" h x 18.7" w x 17.3" d (75x47.5x44cm)
Counter: 25.6" h x 18.3" w x 15.7" d (65x46.5x40cm)

Material

Metal, lacquered ash or oak veneer, chrome, powder-coated steel

Details

Made in Latvia

Brand

Normann Copenhagen

“When Jan and I look at new designs for Normann Copenhagen, we take a very intuitive approach to the products,” according to cofounder Poul Madsen. “A picture can say much more than words and if we are both struck by what we see, we are interested.” Jan Andersen and Poul Madsen teamed up to create the Normann Copenhagen with a vision to shake up the contemporary design field. Now known the world over, they collaborate with new names and established talents from their native Denmark as well as internationally.

The company puts a premium on challenging conventional thinking in collections of tabletop products, lighting and furniture—with bold design strokes, innovative materials and a deft enjoyment of color. “We like products that have an original idea and a simple design, although we do not tie ourselves to a particular line,” Poul adds. “For us, the important thing is that the projects we get involved in bring something new into the world of design.”

Designer

Iskos-Berlin

“One of the biggest challenges for a designer,” notes Boris Berlin of Iskos-Berlin, “is to create quiet objects that don’t intrude with their egocentricity, don’t compete with the surroundings or the architecture, but still carry a strong identity and are easy to recognize and remember.” With design partner Aleksej Iskos, the duo’s Copenhagen-based studio has gained international renown for its furniture, industrial and graphic design. Leningrad-born, Boris previously founded much-lauded Komplot Design, where Ukraine native Aleksej was employed as a longtime assistant. Collaborating with some of the world’s most prestigious manufacturers, Iskos-Berlin’s work has been featured in museums around the world and at both MoMA and the Danish Design Museum.

The partners say their aim is for a sharper and more precise take on design with an emphasis on delving into new technologies and materials. Likening their process to the art of storytelling, they admit that the narrative of a product may be complex but, in the end, the clearer the story is, the more likely people are to understand it. As to finding inspiration, Aleksej says it comes from everywhere. “From the beauty of nature in all its shapes, constructions and materials, to industrial processes,” he says. &