Steelcase and FLWF Designs the Rockford and Galesburg Capsules
Amy Duong — August 14, 2024 — Art & Design
American furniture imprint Steelcase works together with the FrankLlyod Wright Foundation to release two new collections: the Rockford and Galesburg range. The pieces are made with inspiration from the American architects's previous residential projects. The two capsules are drawn from the FLWF archives and they were both seen throughout Wright's oeuvre and directly nod to pieces in certain homes.
Graff explains, "The original furniture was created in hardwood, and it was adapted at Taliesin West to be this chunky Redwood furniture. But as we were working with Steelcase on this, we started to draw on the fact that Wright in this period, doing what he does so often in his career, is taking an industrial material, in this case plywood, and adapting it for domestic use. He wants to show you how the plywood is constructed and turn what might have been considered to be this raw material of default into a feature by making it the hallmark of the design itself."
Image Credit: Steelcase, Frank Llyod Wright
Graff explains, "The original furniture was created in hardwood, and it was adapted at Taliesin West to be this chunky Redwood furniture. But as we were working with Steelcase on this, we started to draw on the fact that Wright in this period, doing what he does so often in his career, is taking an industrial material, in this case plywood, and adapting it for domestic use. He wants to show you how the plywood is constructed and turn what might have been considered to be this raw material of default into a feature by making it the hallmark of the design itself."
Image Credit: Steelcase, Frank Llyod Wright
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