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Donald R. Knorr
1922-2005
Side Chair
Designed with the encouragement of his mentor, Eero Saarinen,
Knorr’ s project of the Side Chair was co-winner, with George Leowald
from Germany, of the First Prize awarded by the Museum of Modern Art
at the Low-cost Design Competition in 1948.
The shell of the prototype presented at the competition was made with a thermo-bended plastic sheet.
Knoll Associates started manufacturing Knorr’s chair in 1950,
after introducing some changes to the original design, due to both
technical and formal reasons. In order to reinforce the fastening of
the sheet, the dimension of the stiffening rib was reduced and the legs
were modified. The shape of the sheet itself was improved.
The Chair was manufactured for Knoll Associates by Treitel Gratz, New York, between 1950 and 1952.
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