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Giorgio by Peter Horn is the chair that almost never was. Having commissioned Horn to create a stackable multi-function chair, the finished design lay for two years in the archive of Stuttgart based designer furniture producer Richard Lampert - in short, although convinced of the quality of the chair, Lampert saw that particular market segment as too crowded. After all how many chair designs does the world need?
And so the story would have ended had not one day a request for help not been received from an architect partner of Lampert's. They needed stackable chairs for a project, but everything they found was either cheap, and looked it, or excellent but too expensive for the project. Lampert produced a few test versions of Giorgio, and the chair turned out to be just what was required - an excellent, stackable, multi-function chair at an affordable price. And so some four years after the initial commission and nearly two since the completion of the project, Peter Horn's Giorgio finally proved its advantages over the competition and was included in the Lampert catalogue.
And so the smow catalogue. Which pleases us.
For not only is Giorgio, with its wide seat and stable backrest, an excellent chair for home or office, but Peter Horn is also responsible for the Seesaw office chair, the Turtle children's chair and the Fixx Roll Container. Making it possible to furnish your complete home/office and/or child's bedroom in his chairs and storage units. But much more important he's from Dresden, where, together with his partner Michael Majewski, he runs his studio Horn Majewski Design.
Making them all but a home designers for smow. And among the most successful from round our way at that.
Horn and Majeski were awarded the bi-annual Sachsen Design Prize in 2001, 2003 and 2007 - were not sure what happened in 2005 - and so, arithmetically at least, 2009 should be their year again. The deadline for entries closes on 14th of August, for all of those who've not yet applied. We will keep you updated here of all the news once the nominations have closed.
Until now Giorgio, however, hasn't won any prizes, but it has demonstrated that regardless how many chair designs you think there are out there ... there is always room for one more.
Which is just as impressive.
