Knoll Barber Osgerby Pilot Chair

Pilot by Knoll™, designed by the British design pair Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby, is a slim-backed lounge chair with a striking, slim profile and is equally suited for home and office. Embodying refinement, comfort and craftsmanship, the chair is unmistakably contemporary but modern in sensibility. It features a cast-aluminum structure in a T-shaped form that links the crane-neck, 360-degree swivel base to the assembly of the seat and back, creating the impression that the cantilevered seat is almost floating.

MEASUREMENTS:

Low Back

• Height: 81 cm / 31.9 inch


• Seat Height: 41 cm / 16 inch


• Width: 69 cm / 27.3 inch


• Depth: 70 cm / 27.5 inch

High Back

• Height: 100 cm / 39.4 inch


• Seat Height: 41 cm / 16 inch


• Width: 69 cm / 27.3 inch


• Depth: 77 cm / 30.4 inch

MATERIALS:

• Base: cast aluminum base


• Loop Arms: steel rod loop arms and die cast aluminum arm brackets


• Upholstered Arms: steel weldment substructure, highly resilient polyurethane moulded foam, overlaid with knit backed polyester fiber


• Upholstery: Highly resilient polyurethane moulded foam, overlaid with knit backed polyester fiber, top stitched, open parallel double side seaming

HELPFUL NOTES:

• Arm Loop finishes are coordinated with the base finish: polished aluminum base with chrome loop arms, or dark grey painted base with black loop arms with dark grey brackets


• Seat, back and upholstered arms can be specified in different fabrics or leathers. Please contact us if you wish to order split upholstery (fabric and leather cannot be mixed however)


• The return to center mechanism allows for 360° swivel movement and returns to a center position when not engaged

Edward Barber & Jay Osgerby

UK

Barber, 1969 / Osgerby, 1969

“The pencil is the ultimate tool for the transfer of ideas from mind to paper.” - Edward Barber

Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby, both born in England in 1969, studied architecture and interior design together at the Royal College of Art in London. They founded their own architecture and design studio – Barber Osgerby – in 1996. Known for their roguish designs such as the Tip Ton chair for Vitra and the Tab Light for Flos, the East London-based pair have been showered with a number of prestigious awards including the Jerwood Applied Arts Prize for Furniture, and most recently they were awarded the title of Royal Designers for Industry by the Royal Society of Arts.

Much of Barber and Osgerby’s early work involved the folding and shaping of sheet material, influenced by the white card that they had used frequently in architectural model making. Plywood and perspex were used in the development of the Pilot Table, 1999, and Stencil Screen, 2000.

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