Bertoia, Harry
Harry Bertoia (1915-1978) Birthplace Italy, Udine. Italian sculptor, university lecturer and furniture designer Harry Bertoia displayed a unique stroke of genius with his patented Diamond Chair for Knoll International in 1952. Bertoia was an inventor of form and an enricher of furniture design with his introduction of a new material: he turned industrial wire rods into a design icon. Educated at Detroit Technical High School, the Detroit School of Arts and Crafts and Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Bertoia taught metal crafts at Cranbrook. He worked with Charles Eames to develop his signature molded plywood chairs. Eero Saarinen commissioned him to design a metal sculptured screen for the General Motors Technical Center in Detroit. His awards include the craftsmanship medal from the American Institute of Architects, as well as AIA’s Gold Medal.
Second Hand: about 50% online;
Collectors Items: about 25% online;
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Over almost 30 years BeBoB is an organization, founded as a foundation out of caring about the 20th century design in combination with recycling. BeBoB follows minimum allowed list prices or less in new classics and collects over the years good industrial design objects as well as collectors items, which got sold for fair prices. BeBoB works as green as possible,brings a minimum of 10% of the profit to charity and is not focused on maximum profit money-wise and for that a good partner to deal with.
Second Hand: about 50% online;
Collectors Items: about 25% online;
More information by mail.
New : list-price, discount often starts from 10% and if you trade products you get an extreme good price.
Vintage / Bottom End ; mostly 35% to 65% of the list-price, often redone by our atelier. We offer excellent service on a beautiful location. And ... we'll try to find solutions in case you end up with any trouble with your purchase.
Collector's Items ; early produced products, more expensive but also a better investment.
We can find almost all Design Classics on request.
Second Hand: about 50% online;
Collectors Items: about 25% online;
More information by mail.
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