HELEN KONTOURIS

101 Chair

Schiavello

2002

The ‘101 Chair’ was first shown in 2002 at the Tokyo Designers Block, as part of Hybrid Objects, a design exhibition hosted by the Australian Embassy in Tokyo. Inspired by the body of work of Clement Meadmore the idea was to generate a statement furniture piece from a continuous curving surface. Kontouris now has a large number of her innovative designs manufactured worldwide under licence with companies like Alessi and Kundalini.

Photo credit: Emily Dimonzantos, 2020.