Description
Kurt Ziehmer (1944 – 2002) trained as an architect and founded his Düsseldorf studio in 1968, developing furniture and lighting with Gunther Lambert. His sculptural Generation desk and chair, in solid spruce with an angular X frame, adjusts through 42 positions and doubles as a standing desk, while the chair moves through five heights.
Period German press featured it as a piece to look at as much as work at.
This example shows good, honest wear and is structurally sound. From a private collection in Zürich.
Materials: Solid spruce
Origination: Germany, 1970s; designed by Kurt Ziehmer for Gunther Lambert, Mönchengladbach
Condition: Good; honest wear as per images, structurally sound
Literature: Schöner Wohnen, 10/1976
Dimensions (approx.):
Desk 93 x 95 cm, height adjustable 73 to 112 cm.
Chair 60 x 33 cm, seat height adjustable 46 to 60 cm
