American company Steelcase has used archival designs by architect Frank Lloyd Wright to create the Racine Collection, a line of home office furniture.
Steelcases' furniture line, which features desks and chairs, was named Racine Collection after the town where Wright created the SC Johnson Administration building in 1939. The building held the original versions of the furniture, which were also manufactured by Steelcase.
Steelcase reimagined a series of Frank Lloyd Wright's furniture designs
In collaboration with the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation ? the primary custodians of the American architect's archive ? Steelcase developed the new designs over the course of two years, following the original closely.
Over Wright's 70-year career, during which he played a significant role in shaping modern architecture, he left behind thousands of designs and plans for buildings and furniture. The first collection is based on the office furniture at the SC Johnson Administration building
"Wright, fortunately, left us a guide," Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation CEO Stuart Graff told Dezeen. "Wright wanted people to embrace the principles and show what they were capable of doing."
The first items in the collection include desks, office chairs and lounges, all distilled from the designs used in the SC Johnson building.
The desks and chairs underwent a series of modifications, especially an increase in size, as Steelcase found that only 20 per cent of American men would have ...