Many people will be familiar with the unique modernistic styling of Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe’s classic, which was designed for the German Pavilion at the Barcelona International Exposition of 1929 – an event which showcased technological developments and design ideas from 20 European nations, as well as private American and Japanese exhibitors.

Born in Aachen, Germany in 1886 (died 1969), Van der Rohe initially worked as a stonemason for his family’s business before studying architecture in Berlin.  He then went on the become a front-runner of the Modernist movement, along with fellow architects such as Le Corbusier and Walter Gropius, and quickly directed his efforts as much toward interior aspects as exterior design.

Van der Rohe eventually moved to Chicago, USA, where he continued to dedicate his craft to the Modernist style of architecture in the United States, perhaps most notably in the Seagram Building (1954-8) in New York.

We chose the Barcelona Chair as our first piece of designer lounge furniture as it epitomises our ethos of ‘designer living for everyone’, and the contrast of clean lines against the tactile softness of a leather bean bag looks fantastic.

Our Barcelona Chair is true to the original design with a polished solid-steel frame, thick leather seat straps, Italian leather cushion covers with high-quality buckles and poppers to keep the cushions in place.

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We will soon be announcing some very exciting news about a new product line of designer lounge furniture.  We have worked (and continue to work) tirelessly to source an assortment of funky, high-quality furniture which compliments the modern-retro theme of our luxury bean bags.  We have so far chosen around half a dozen pieces that we will be adding to the current site, but we are also planning to launch a brand new site as the range grows – we have a fair bit of work ahead of us…

Hours of sweat and toil have already gone into arranging a photo shoot to showcase these new products, as well getting a few fresh snaps of our existing leather bean bags.  The shoot took place yesterday in a superb central Birmingham location, and we are desperate to get some of the new images on the site as soon as possible!

Without wanting to give too much away at this time, we are also in discussions about the possibility of taking on new premises so that we can offer customers the option to browse our luxury bean bag- and lounge-furniture in a stylish, relaxed showroom.  We’ll provide more updates soon.

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