Chairs that sculptor and painter Roman Modzelewski designed in the 1950s are available to purchase for the first time as part of a new collection launched by Polish brand Vzor at IMM Cologne. 
Up until now, the chairs in Vzor's Iconic Design collection have only been displayed in museums as prototypes.
Polish brand Vzor has launched chairs designed by Roman Modzelewski, including the RM58, which features scooped armrests
The collection launched at this year's IMM Cologne fair, where Danish company Brdr. Krüger also presented a new line of furniture from a 1950s design ? the Triiio table collection by architect Hans Bølling.
"Mid-century modern is timeless, it looks up-to-date right now," Vzor's Michal Woch told Dezeen. "Vzor's concept is to identify the historic original projects that have never been manufactured on a larger scale and adapt them to 21st-century needs." A second design by Roman Modzelewski, only ever seen in prototype, is the RM56 Wood chair
To this end, Vzor has produced three of Modzelewski's prototypes. Influenced by impressionism, Modzelewski experimented with form and colour, and used modern materials.
"Our key designer is Roman Modzelewski because as a sculptor and a painter he would experiment with different materials and he didn't accept the typical limitations," Woch said.
"Only some years ago we were able to make his design an up-to-date product with modern technologies."
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