subject: Djinn chair: the original and futuristic [print this page] Djinn chair: the original and futuristic Djinn chair: the original and futuristic
Airborne Djinn built with a steel frame, foam and stretch jersey fabric.
Another innovation adopted by the designer, Olivier Mourgue, is the fact that the coated fabric whole form, named it a trend that characterizes the entire design of the 60s.
Djin futuristic design icon 1960, because it was part of the interior of the science fiction film "2001 A Space Odyssey" by Stanley Kubrick, who in 1969 took the futuristic armchairs. At that point the chair was produced for seven years, being a draft Mourgue when he made just twenty-four, in 1963. In fact, however, was the echo global launch of the film.
Stanley Kubrick created a futuristic five-star rotation in space. It is said that at the end of filming, the director has destroyed all the sets for fear they could fall into the hands of directors minors.
The chair will find it for sale at auction at Christies, specializing in antique and modern, because it was produced in a few pieces and the brand has undergone some defaillance over time. Djinn its original form as a piece that seems to have been cut and folded from a single block of material.
