2 beautiful armchairs made in curved beech designed by the cekio architect for the Thonet 1940ca
2 belle poltrone in faggio curvato disegnate dall architetto cekio per la thonet 1940 ca
Jindrich Halabala helped create a new mass-market approach to home design and furnishing in Czechoslovakia in the interwar period and after the Second World War. He believed furniture could and should be well-finished, fully functional, modular, mobile and widely affordable.
As chief designer of the large Brno-based furniture producer United Arts and Crafts Manufacture (UP), he significantly influenced its manufacturing programme from the 1930s on - pioneering the industrial manufacture of furniture in Czechoslovakia. He developed two fundamental series of modular furniture: lines H and E, and many types of wooden seating. He also designed innovative tubular steel furniture, produced in UP's Hodonín branch.
As well as developing a modern approach to promotion of furniture, using life-like interiors that he photographed himself for UP publicity materials, he was also active as a theoretician. He regularly contributed to specialist journals and the general press, lectured at vocational secondary schools and colleges and later, as chairman of the furniture manufacturers' association, played a major part in the reshaping of the Czech furniture industry.
Furniture with the UP mark or individual pieces of furniture attributable to Jindrich Halabala are much sought after today. Apart from cupboards, tables and small armchairs, the greatest demand is for Halabala's reclinable bent wood armchair (three variants with different systems for reclining), writing desks and dining-room chairs with a high, spreading back. Halabala's unique tubular chairs with a two-way cantilever are top collectors' pieces but hardly ever reach the market.
Halabala's designs can be seen in the permanent collections of Moravská galerie, Brno and the Olomouc Museum of Art, and have recently been on show in an exhibition commemorating Halabala that has toured major cities of the Czech Republic.
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Jindrich Halabala ha aiutato acreare un nuovo mercato di massa nel design della casa e nell arredamento in Ciecoslovacchia nell intervallo tra le due guerre e la fine della seconda guerra mondiale.Credeva che l arredamento potesse e dovesse essere ben definito, funzionale, modulare, mobile e largamente abbordabile. Come capo designer della large Brno-based furniture producer United Arts e Crafts Manifacture(UP), ha significativamente influenzato il suo programma di manifatture a partire dal 1930 in poi- esplorando tra i primi la manifattura industriale dei mobili in Ciecoslovacchia. Sviluppa due fondamentali serie di arredamenti modulari: le linee H ed E, e molti tipi di sedie in legno.Ha inoltre disegnato mobili tubolari in stagno innovativi prodotti dalla HP di Hordìn.
Così come sviluppa un moderno approccio alla pubblicità di arredamenti ultilizzando la vita come interno che fotografa lui stesso per il materiale pubblicitario, della HP, è stato anche attivo come teorico. Ha regolarmente collaborato con giornali specializzati e non, letture nei licei e università e dopo, come uomo di punta dell associazione manifatture arredi ha giocato un ruolo fondamentele nella rinascita dell industria mobiliare cieca.
Mobili con il marchio UP o pezi individuali attribuibili a Jindrich Halabala sono molto richiesti oggi. A parte le credenze, i tavoli e le piccole poltrone la richiesta cresce anche per la poltronareclinabile in legno curvato (tre varianti con differenti sistemi per reclinarle), scrivanie e sale da pranzo con sedie dallo schienale alto. Le uniche sedie tubolari di Halabala con trave a sbalzo a doppio senso sono il top per i collezionisti ma difficilmente raggiungono il mercato.
I lavori di design di Halabala possono essere visti nella collezione permanente alla galleria Moravskà, a Brno e al Olmouc Museum of Art,e sono stati mostrati alcuni suoi lavori in una recente esposizione per la commemorazione dell artista che ha toccato i luoghi più importanti della Republica Ceka.
Jindrich Halabala helped create a new mass-market approach to home design and furnishing in Czechoslovakia in the interwar period and after the Second World War. He believed furniture could and should be well-finished, fully functional, modular, mobile and widely affordable.
As chief designer of the large Brno-based furniture producer United Arts and Crafts Manufacture (UP), he significantly influenced its manufacturing programme from the 1930s on - pioneering the industrial manufacture of furniture in Czechoslovakia. He developed two fundamental series of modular furniture: lines H and E, and many types of wooden seating. He also designed innovative tubular steel furniture, produced in UP's Hodonín branch.
As well as developing a modern approach to promotion of furniture, using life-like interiors that he photographed himself for UP publicity materials, he was also active as a theoretician. He regularly contributed to specialist journals and the general press, lectured at vocational secondary schools and colleges and later, as chairman of the furniture manufacturers' association, played a major part in the reshaping of the Czech furniture industry.
Furniture with the UP mark or individual pieces of furniture attributable to Jindrich Halabala are much sought after today. Apart from cupboards, tables and small armchairs, the greatest demand is for Halabala's reclinable bent wood armchair (several variants with different systems for reclining), writing desks and dining-room chairs with a high, spreading back. Halabala's unique tubular chairs with a two-way cantilever or a loop armrest are top collectors' pieces but hardly ever reach the market as they were originally produced in very limited quantities. Some of his models have been re-edited by Modernista (see: www.modernista.cz)
Halabala's designs can be seen in the permanent collections of Die Neue Sammlung in Munich, Moravská galerie, Brno and the Olomouc Museum of Art, and have recently been on show in an exhibition commemorating Halabala's centenary that has toured major cities of the Czech Republic (see: www.spilberk.cz)
Bilbiography:
Jan van Geest/Otakar Mácel: Stühle aus Stahl. Köln. 1980.
Werner Möller/Otakar Mácel: Ein Stuhl macht Geschichte. München. 1992.
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