The Barcelona Chair
The Barcelona chair designed by Mies van der Rohe was exclusively created for the 1929 World Exposition in Barcelona. The materials that Mies used were leather straps to suspend leather-covered cushions from a chrome plated steel frame.
Bauhaus designers aimed functional, furniture for massive production,however the Barcelona chair was too expensive to make and for sure not apropriate for mass produce. The Barcelona chair was a special design created for the King and Queen of Spain.
Even so,with this chair, Mies van der Rohe made an important artistic expression. He showed how negative space could be used to transform a functional item into sculpture.
