DOMUS Chair DOMUS Lounge Chair

DOMUS – DESIGN ILMARI TAPIOVAARA 1946 DOMUS CHAIR DOMUS LOUNGE CHAIR Finnish designer and interior architect Ilmari Tapiovaara designed the Domus Chair in 1946 for the student housing complex Domus Academica in Helsinki. The chair became a great international success and the guiding light for all of Tapiovaara’s subsequent work. Today Domus is still found in public spaces such as restaurants, schools and auditoriums, but is also popular in home environments. Primarily intended as a reading chair in students’ rooms, the Domus Chair needed to be comfortable and support good posture for many hours...