FRANKFURTER
MÉLANGE
FRANKFURTER MÉLANGE
Silvia Knüppel, DEU, 2015
Rabenau Chair, Thonet Chair, Frankfurt Chair. Classics, chairs that people get attached to, Chairs that are passed on from one generation to the next. But they too get old, fade, and lose their shape. At least partly. The rest remains: a Rabenau, a Thonet, a Frankfurt chair. Together they make something new.
Frankfurter Mélange #2 (Version Rabenau Chair), 2015
Original wooden chairs (used), Frankfurt Chair and Rabenau Chair; varnished wood
C. H 94 x W 44 x D 42 cm
Frankfurter Mélange #3 (Version Thonet 233), Chair, 2015
Original wooden chairs (used), Frankfurt Chair and Thonet 233; varnished wood
C. H 82 x W 46 x D 47 cm
Limited edition / Series: Frankfurter
Mélange
ABOUT THE DESIGNER
Silvia Knüppel
Silvia Knüppel studied product design at Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design, Germany, and at Design Academy Eindhoven, The Netherlands. She has been running her own design studio since 2008 and living and working in Hamburg since 2011. Her works are situated at the interface between design and art and are presented internationally in exhibitions. She teaches at various universities and is presently lecturer in design basics at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Hanover, Germany.
Silvia Knüppel
Studies: Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design, Germany; Design Academy Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Studio: Studio Silvia Knüppel since 2008
Philosophy: Silvia Knüppel’s work often reveals a tendency towards defamiliarisation; she questions the classic functions ascribed to objects and reinterprets them in unusual ways.
Exhibitions: Museum Marta, Herford; Museum of Applied Arts and Design Vilnius, Lithuania; Designmarch Iceland; Salone del Mobile Milan
Status: Designer and design lecturer
Lives/works: Hamburg, Germany
Contact: www.silviaknueppel.com
EXHIBIT COLLECTION
PURE GOLD
Upcycled! Upgraded!
Pure Gold is an exhibition organized by the ifa (Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen), Stuttgart, Germany, which promotes art and cultural exchange in exhibitions, dialogue and conference programs.
As a competence center for international cultural relations, ifa connects civil societies, cultural practices, art, media and science. The ifa is supported by the Federal Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany, the state of Baden-Württemberg and its capital Stuttgart.
©2022 ifa. Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen
