Impressions of the Press conference 'Bentwood and beyond. Thonet and Modern Furniture Design' @mak_vienna Discovered a lot of beautiful chairs ๐๐โจ. To commemorate Thonetโs 200th anniversary, the MAK is presenting a major exhibition on modern furniture, in which the signature bentwood furniture of the world famous company is placed in the context of contemporary technological, typological, aesthetic, and historical developments. Thonetโs bentwood chairs are compared with chairs made of tubular steel and plastic as well as with classic office chairs and avant-garde furniture experiments. Guest Curator: Wolfgang Thillmann Curator: Sebastian Hackenschmidt, Curator, MAK Furniture and Woodwork Collection . . #makvienna #bentwoodandbeyond #bentwood #ThonetChairs #thonet #thonet200 #furnituredesign #artinvienna #ArtsyVisualStorytelling #walmatwien (at MAK - Museum of Applied Arts) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6V6xk3l1-T/?igshid=x56wcu4qbi4c
