Famous armchair design: the models on Arredare Moderno

Famous designer armchairs: the most iconic models

The armchair is the piece of furniture that has had many reinterpretations over the years by designers from all over the world. Indeed, for armchairs, the imagination and flair of famous architects has not stopped. The ability to reinvent shapes and search for new materials has generated a frenzy to create iconic, timeless armchairs.

Let’s discover together the famous armchairs available on Arredare Moderno!

Famous armchair design: the timeless seats

Many are the brands that have been inspired by armchairs that have become iconic worldwide for their design. Think of brands such as Museum by Alivar, Bonaldo, Moroso, Driade, Fiam and many others.

A famous design armchair makes the environment in which it is placed special and never predictable. Whether it is a living room or bedroom armchair, or even a modern garden armchair, they remain models that never go out of fashion.

To have a unique piece of design at home or in one’s premises is to have a true work of art. Even in the case of famous design armchairs that are inspired by and imitate famous ones such as the Barcelona armchair designed by Ludwig Mis Van der Rohe and Lilly Reich. Then there are the ‘egg-shaped’ armchairs known as the Egg Chair, which are inspired by the Bauhaus and Nordic styles.

Other much imitated models are Renzo Frau‘s Vanity Armchair, a symbolic armchair in the history of design, and Le Corbusier‘s LC2 Armchair, which has become the leitmotif of the seating and furnishing world.

Design armchairs on Arredare Moderno: the best Made in Italy brands

Let’s see together which are the best Made in Italy designer armchairs on the world scene proposed in the Arredare Moderno catalogue, attentive to the novelties of each brand and presenting the most iconic models of the moment.

Charles Eames Mvsevm Armchair By Alivar

Charles Eames Museum By Alivar is one of the most luxurious and comfortable armchairs in modern style. It is inspired by the original Lounge Chair by American designer Charles Eames, which started out as a resting chair for a film director friend, and later became an iconic element of timeless elegance to furnish classy and contemporary living rooms. In addition, it is famous for being extremely comfortable, perfect for lounging and relaxing. This armchair is a 100% Made in Italy reproduction, made by the Mvsevm company, a true Italian craft workshop specialising in metal, wood and leather. Armchair made with a swivel cast aluminium base, curved plywood shell veneered in rosewood, cherry or black lacquer, while the seat cushion is upholstered and covered in leather or fabric. Available in versions with and without castors.

Marcel Breuer 135 Mvsevm Armchair By Alivar

Designer Marcel Breuer, this modern-style armchair is made of tubular steel. It refers to the first model with a metal frame, patented in the United States by Harry Nolan as a tubular steel “cantilever” chair. However, this Breuer armchair is the oldest model of tubular metal chair still in production. The armchair is named ‘Wassily’ because it is said to have been designed for Wassily Kandinsky’s home at the Bauhaus. Armchair with chrome-plated or lacquered tubular steel frame. Seat, back and armrests in leather, pony skin or heavy hemp coupled with leather.

Bonaldo Colibrì Soft armchair

By designer Frabrice Berrux, Colibrì has a light appearance yet an important presence. The seat comfortably accommodates those who sit as it is very wide. The five-spoke base lends lightness and recalls the idea of ‘comfort without gravity’. The seat and backrest upholstery emphasise softness and comfort.

Moroso Soft Heart armchair

Design Ron Arad, a modern and comfortable armchair Soft Heart Moroso with a contemporary style that is soft and with full volumes, with a dynamic and morphological shape. Soft Heart explores rotational moulding and the use of polyethylene. Made with cold-foaming and polyester fibre covering. Internal steel frame. Non-removable cover.

Ghost armchair Fiam

Ghost by Fiam is a 12 mm curved glass armchair available in different finishes, a wide choice to satisfy furnishing tastes. Suitable for furnishing the living area of the home with sophistication and a touch of originality.

Doppio Sogno Tonin Casa armchair

The Tonin casa Doppio sogno round armchair in modern style has a soft and enveloping design, structured by a swivel base and worked in different types of wood and upholstered in different available finishes. as if it were a nest where you can relax and devote yourself.

Driade Nemo armchair

The Nemo Driade armchair is a comfortable seat, born from the creativity of young designer Fabio Novembre. A sensational sculpture to be displayed like a work of art in the living room or garden.

Its particular shape creates a habitable and comfortable space, experienced from the inside that, like a mask, conceals and simultaneously reveals its inhabitant. A face with classical features and disconcerting realism, expressionless and asexual, capable of furnishing the most refined and designer environments.