We have Jony I ve to give thanks for launching Dieter Rams toupper stratosphereof popular culture , so most of us are more intimate with his electronics than his furniture . But today , Rams introduced a reengineered version of a lesser know masterpiece : the modular620 Chair Program .
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620 was Rams ’ 2d Vitsœ production , arriving two years after the 606 Shelving System made its debut . It ’s an graceful piece of article of furniture , but the thing that pee-pee it really beautiful is the thought Rams put into its lifespan . Most customers embark on with a single professorship , which arrives directly - bundle in cardboard and is assemble using a individual tool . Then , as babies are born and first home are bought , you could order more chairs and make your unmarried seater into a double- or triple- or sextuple - seat lounge . It ’s also unbelievably wanton to replace the textile or element as the chair ages .
For the chair ’s fiftieth anniversary this calendar month , Rams work with Vitsœ to pass the part and improve accessibility to its innards . It ’s an interesting affair to see a house decorator overtake one of his earliest projects ( Rams was 30 when he designed 620 ) . Part of the revamp was a drop cloth in price , too — though at $ 3,340 per module , it ’s still astronomical for most of us . Then again , 620 will theoretically last a lifetime ( or beyond ) , during which you ’ll probably buy three or four normally price couch .
“ We can not go on continuing to make furniture that no longer fulfills its function and therefore end up in a pickle in the undercoat , ” explains a rep from Vitsœ , which has campaigned againstplanned obsolescencefor tenner . In other words , modular does n’t always have to be disposable . Now if only the tech industry would take that mantra to heart . [ VitsœviaDwell ]
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