PLATFORM
Presentation
Sitting Cultures – Other Countries, Other Customs
Grünbeck Einrichtungen
30.9.–8.10.2011
How do Americans, Scandinavians, Italians, or Germans sit? What about the Japanese or Arabs? What do they have in common and what not?
Markus Jehs and Jürgen Laub will be relating what inspires them
when they design upholstered furniture for Cassina, COR, Fritz Hansen, or Knoll International. Taking the example of the upholstered furniture ‘Jalis’, they will discuss the result of their reflections with Leo Lübke, the manager of the COR upholstered furniture workshops. ‘Jalis’ is a magic
oriental word for hospitality and the relaxed interaction with family
or friends.