Steelcase's newest midcentury-modern collection reimagines Wright's workplace designs from 1939.
that pulls directly from the company’s archive. When Wright was working on the SC Johnson project back in 1939, he consulted with Steelcase to manufacture the desks and chairs that would be housed inside. This new collection aims to reintroduce those pieces but with modern updates that make them suitable for today’s home office.
Steelcase and the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation have collaborated on a new home office furniture collection.“From its beginnings over 80 years ago, Steelcase’s relationship with Frank Lloyd Wright has helped to revolutionize design for work,” Meghan Dean, a Steelcase general manager, says in a . “Now, we continue that mission into the home, as there’s never been a better time to revisit design principles that have always been ahead of their time.” , the line includes desks, matching chairs and utility tables that have all been produced in the same style and finishes as the originals—though with broader dimensions, proportions and materials choices.
The designs are a re-imagination of the furnishings Wright and Steelcase produced for the SC Johnson office.“Frank Lloyd Wright used design as a means of deepening the relationships between people, nature and place,” adds Stuart Graff, president and CEO of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. “With the Frank Lloyd Wright Racine Collection and our collaboration with Steelcase, we’re excited to expand his vision of an architecture for better living.
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