“ Zig-Zag ” appears to completely contradict our ideas of a usable piece of furniture since its free-standing surfaces appear to collapse as soon as any weight is placed on them.
However the chair is stabilized by dovetail joints between the seat and back, reinforcements with screws and nuts, as well as wooden wedges in the corners.
Rietveld was very much aware of the discrepancy between the simple shape and the relatively complicated construction and said himself, it is not a chair but a “designer joke.”
www.design-museum.deAugenscheinlich widerspricht der Zig-Zag völlig unseren Vorstellungen von einem benutzbaren Möbel, da die frei im Raum stehenden Flächen zusammenzuklappen scheinen, sobald sie belastet werden.
Schwalbenschwanzverbindungen zwischen Sitz und Rücken, Verstärkungen durch Schrauben und Muttern sowie hölzerne Keile in den spitzen Winklen stabilisieren aber den Stuhl.
Rietveld war sich der Diskrepanz zwischen der einfachen Gestaltung und der relativ komplizierten Konstruktion wohl bewusst und sagte selber, es sei kein Stuhl sondern ein „Designer-Witz“.
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