Not many chairs can lay claim to Playboy cover-star status, but Eero Aarnio’s spherical Ball Chair has hosted a variety of lithe beauties, gracing the cover of Hugh Hefner’s magazine several ...

Eero Aarnio swings in his iconic Bubble chair at the Embassy of Finland as his Double Bubble lamps glow behind him. Below left, the futuristic Ball chair took off in the late 1960s.

120 x 110 cm. (47.2 x 43.3 in.) a "Ball Chair", Adelta, Finland, post 1996. Shell of white fibreglass, white lacquered aluminum base, polyurethane foam cushions, upholstered with red fabric, maker's ...

At 85 years old, Finnish design legend Eero Aarnio shows no signs of slowing down. ... Imagined as a ‘room within a room’ (in fact, Aarnio’s own ‘Ball Chair’ includes a fully functioning red telephone ...

Gain insight into the auction performance of Aarnio Eero . Track the change in total sales value, performance of lots against estimate and compare the artist's sale price according to the artwork ...

The chair’s body was once an engine cowling on a Boeing 737. Harry and Ben Tucker, brothers and design partners, bought it for £5,000 (about $7,300), refurbished it, and sold it for £19,000 ...

When his Ball Chair was exhibited in Cologne, in 1966, he received orders from over 30 countries. Bing Crosby and Princess Grace of Monaco were among those who used it in their homes.

His floating Ball Chair. You might have spotted his furniture on the big screen. In Tommy (1969), star Anne Margaret swans around a white bedroom complete with an Eero Aarnio white Ball Chair.

Born in 1932, Aarnio carved his name in the book of design with his “Ball Chair,” a design icon that quickly became famous after the Finnish designer presented it at the Cologne Furniture Fair in 1966 ...

Finnish designer Eero Aarnio's futuristic creations, including the 1963 Ball Chair and 1968 Bubble Chair, were an integral part of 1960's pop culture and appear. Go to the content Go to the footer.