Design Mats Theselius. Easy Chair. Copper plate, leather, armrest in oak. Back in foam, seat in foam with Dymetrol. Cast copper legs. Height: 70 cm Width: 60 cm Depth: 62 cm Seat height: 45 cm

goes back to cubism and early `machine´ functionalism — Juan Gris, Braque, Le Corbusier. This is imagery that I surrounded myself with in those days. I started with the cylinder, which was used for staircases in classic functionalist architecture. Many years later, quite recently, I realize that drums had been another source of inspiration. Music has always been a big part of my life, I play all instruments, and now I see clearly that the chair’s back legs are inspired by drum sets. You can call it a kind of `metal shop romanticism´. I even constructed a special tool to form the cylinder metal...