Iconic furniture: Icons of the design history
Patens and copyrights only last for a certain amount of
years ... after that, the design becomes "public property" and can be
produces, and sold at free will.
That made it possible that some of the most famous models in history of
furniture are now available from Chinese manufacturers at rock bottom
prices. Of course there'll always be a variety in quality (and thus price).
We've setup a cooperation with one manufacturer that we specifically like
for the high quality at reasonable prices.
we prefer not to sell low quality where for ex. the iron soon starts to
rust, the leather flakes, the structure bends, etc ... but if you need, then
KNG Asia can source it for you.
The famous "good old" designers
Everyone in the business knows the designers, and people outside the
business all know the models they designed.
Just to name the most famous ones:
Some models
Below are some models that are available, sometimes straight from our
stock.
(see the larges pictures here: icon furniture gallery)
But any other models (send us what you don't see) can be ordered with a
lead time of about 4 weeks. Contact us for more
details!
What is an ICON?
My teacher at architecture school, explained an "icon" as something that
simply can't be made better, something that has been tested improved and
made to perfection in all it's details.
And that exists! The most easy to understand example is... the paper clip !
Indeed: since decennia nothing better has been made, different materials
have been tried (ex. plastic) but was worse than the iron line, different
shapes have been tried out but they seemed to break, ...
Well now: the same counts for furniture design!!
FreDerbau.