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DESIGN BY DAVID ROWLAND 1964 40/4 David Rowland’s 40/4 chair is arguably the most significant chair design of the past 50 years. Over 8 million chairs have been sold since its introduction in 1964. Honoured with numerous design awards, and exhibited in several museums all over the world, the 40/4 chair is widely appealing. Whether you go for its excellent ergonomic features, its graceful lines and durability or its unique space-saving attributes, there are at least 40 good reasons to choose this design icon. Renowned for its unsurpassed stacking and handling characteristics combined with its elegant and spare aesthetic, 40/4 is rightly a great favourite of specifying architects and designers. With seats and backs in plastic resin, finely crafted wood veneer or as upholstered version, 40/4 does great service across the board in schools, universities, churches and cathedrals, as well as in corporate offices, conference centres and training establishments. 40/4 is also available in armchair, barstool, lounge chair, swivel chair, outdoor variations, and with wood frame.

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION DESIGN BY DAVID ROWLAND 1964 DESCRIPTION Multi-purpose stacking chairs for conferencing, meeting, training, dining and visiting use. Stackable up to 40 chairs on dolly. PRODUCT DETAILS SEATS, BACKS AND ARMRESTS The seats and backs are triple curved. The front of the seat is with “waterfall” curve. VENEER VERSION The surface veneer is in matt lacquered 0,6 mm knife-cut sanded veneer on both sides. The inner layers are in 1,2 mm rotary cut beech: 7 layers on seat, 9 layers on back, 7 layers on armrests. The thickness of the seat is 9-10 mm, back 10-11 mm and armrest 9-10...

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION DESIGN BY DAVID ROWLAND 1964 VARIETIES The side chair is available with integrated linking systems, providing strong and efficient linking for mass seating. The linking systems are an integral part of the frame and are a solid three-point connection; 2 integral frame joints plus an interlocking glide joining point. Three types of integrated linking systems are available: 1. Fin linking LOUNGE VERSION The side chair is available as lounge version with lower seating height, wider seat and a more leaned back seating position. The solid steel rod (steel quality C15K, norm...

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION DESIGN BY DAVID ROWLAND 1964 WOOD FRAME VERSION The 40/4 wood frame is an alternative to the original chair with its iconic steel rod sled frame. The 40/4 wood frame is FSC certified. The goal was to retain the proportions, angles, and characteristic curves whilst giving the choice of a different material. The frame is pressed veneer with the dimensions of 27 x 23 mm. The connector is in zinc and is powder coated in HOWE grey. The 40/4 wood frame is available as a side chair with and without an integrated seat pad. The standard finishes are beech and oak as well as black...

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION • 40/4 • DESIGN BY DAVID ROWLAND 1964 • PAGE 5 DIMENSIONS AND WEIGHT DIMENSIONS CHAIR LOUNGE Depth of seat: Width of seat: Height of back: Width of back: Width of chair with integrated linking: 510 mm Width of chair with armrest: 600 mm 690 mm 616 mm 523 mm not available not available 399 mm not available

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION DESIGN BY DAVID ROWLAND 1964 ACCESSORIES TRANSPORT DOLLIES with capacity of 40 chairs per unit. Single dolly (18,5 kg), double dolly (26 kg), triple dolly (34 kg), quadruple dolly (41,5 kg). ROW SPACER BAR holding linked rows of chairs secure in the event of an emergency - often a local authority requirement. The steel bar is 3 mm in thickness and aisle created is 350 mm from seat front to chair back. Fixed with rubber lock. ROW NUMBERING TAG in black POM. 1-2 numbers/letters inclusive. SEAT NUMBERING TAG in black POM. 1-2 numbers/letters inclusive. ELECTRONIC SEAT...

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION DESIGN BY DAVID ROWLAND 1964 ERGONOMY AND ENVIRONMENT The chairs triple curved form moulds to body’s natural contours. The waterfall seat design does not restrict blood circulation and so prevents undue pressure under the thighs. The stacking of the chairs is ergonomically correct - the chairs only have to be lifted low to slide from front. The seats, backs, armrests, frames and chroming are all produced according to ISO14001 standards. All parts of the chair can be dismantled and recycled. TESTS The chair is for severe contract use. The chair has been tested to EN...

Upholstered side chairs with extra thickness cushioning = 5 per carton Upholstered armchairs = 5 per carton Upholstered armchairs with extra thickness cushioning = 5 per carton AWARDS 1964: Grand Prix, Milan Triennale for '40/4' Chair (one of only two Americans to receive this award, the other one being Buckminster Fuller for his Geodesic Domes). 1965: American Institute of Designers (AID) award for best piece of business furniture. 1965: Product Engineering Magazine Award, '40/4' Chair (one of 12 best products introduced in the United States in 1965). 1969: Austrian Gold Medal Award for...