Teo Jakob is a swiss designer brand, founded by Theodor Jakob in Berne. It exposes a curated variety of interior design brands. In 1950, Theodor Jakob imported iconic design from the Bauhaus mouvement and from italian and scandinavian designers. He was a precursor of interior design at the time. Today, the brand is very active in the promotion of swiss interior designers, and gives out a yearly award at the HEAD in Geneva.
Teo Jakob is a monument of switzerland’s industry for anyone interested in the history behind commerce and art. We asked Léa Rossier, who works at the Geneva shop in the Carouge branch, to chose 5 iconics of furniture design that you can find there :
« Well first, one of the most basic, stylish and famous furniture is the Le Corbusier armchair. That is a definite must-have. » (See gallery.)
« Then, I have to mention the Charles Eames chairs. So the « plastic chairs ». (See gallery.)
« There’s there is of course the Saarinen table by Eero Saarinen, created for Knoll international. It is gorgeous. »(See gallery.)
N.B: The collection created for Knoll includes the Tulip collection from 1957, it became iconic during the postwar era. Eero Saarinen had a revolutionary approach to furniture design by combining simplicity and invention.
N.B: The USM furniture is mostly storage furniture, and has been on the market since 1965. It has become more than a classic of design worldwide. The artistic quality of the products have been recognized by the Moma Art Museum of New York, when they entered in their design collection (2001).
« and finally, we can talk about the Toot Sofa, which has an incredible design. »
N.B. The Toot sofa is one of Pierre Lissoni’s most wide-spread works. As an architect, decorator and interior designer, Pierro Lissoni works all over the globe for renowned houses like Kartell and Living Divani. On the Toot sofa, he says:
« If it is true that every sofa is a sort of house inside the house, an autonomous island amidst the commun space of the house, Toot belongs to the category of houses in the trees: airy, suspended, uber-comfortable…It can be used any way you want: with or without the backs, totally open or closed-in on itself, filled with cushions like a nest… » P. Lissoni
All furniture can be found at place de L‘Octroi 8, 1227 Carouge.
Pictures are from teojakob.ch
Contributed by: Ruth Hazel Diaper
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