Knoll Ross Lovegrove - Sprite Arm Chair

Looking to add an affordable and flexible design to the side chair category, Knoll collaborated with British industrial designer Ross Lovegrove.

Inspired by classic Scandinavian molded plywood chairs from designers like Alvar Aalto and Arne Jacobson, Lovegrove designed a chair that was simple without being plain, exciting without being aggressive. He distinguished the chair from similar designs with an expansive library of finish options and the unique option of selecting different surfaces for the inside and outside of the chair.

With its relatively quiet form and vast styling options, the chair is highly adaptable to varied settings and decors. From sophisticated to flamboyant, subdued to vibrant, Sprite can do it all.

Ross Lovegrove, an industrial designer recognized for forward-thinking, organically-inspired products, brought his distinctive aesthetic to Knoll with the Sprite™ Stacking Chair — his take on the molded plywood side chair.

MEASUREMENTS:

• Width: 73.6 cm / 29 inch


• Depth: 55.8 cm / 22 inch


• Height: 81.2 cm / 32 inch


• Seat Height: 43.1 cm / 17 inch


• Arm Height: 64.7 cm / 25.5 inch

MATERIALS:

• Shell in molded plywood made of six layers of maple ans three layers of adhesive


• Base in 5/8" tubular steel with mirror chrome finish. Shell connected with 4 screws. Four rubber bumpers assure proper stacking


• Optional seat pad upholstered in fabric or leather with urethane foam. Water based glue used for upholstery

HELPFUL NOTES:

• Chairs without seat pad stack 8-10 hig


• Greenguard Indoor Air Quality Certified®

Ross Lovegrove

Wales, 1958

Born in Cardiff, Wales Ross Lovegrove graduated from Manchester Polytechnic with a degree in Industrial Design. He completed a Masters of Design from the Royal College of Art, London, in 1983.

In the early 1980s he worked as a designer for Frog Design in West Germany on projects such as Walkmans for Sony, computers for Apple Computers, and then he moved to Paris as consultant to Knoll International. Ross was invited to join the Atelier de Nimes along with Jean Nouvel and Phillipe Stark.

Returning to London in 1986 he completed projects for Kartell, Luceplan, Peugeot, Vitra, Tag Heuer, Herman Miller, Artemide, and Tokyo Ito Architects in Japan. Winner of numerous international awards his work has been extensively published and exhibited internationally including at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Guggenheim Museum in New York, and the Design Museum in London, when in 1993 he curated the first permanent collection.

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