Sitzmaschine Armchair
With the Sitzmaschine, Wittmann enriches the Recreation Hoffmann with a particularly prominent member.
Josef Hoffmann originally designed the geometrically functional model in 1905 as a one-off piece. As more and more contemporaries recognized its aesthetic added value, it was produced in series from 1908 to 1916. The square rods were particularly unusual: one of Thonet’s sons had developed this sophisticated technique. Wittmann now revives it – in the same precise curvature. From an art-historical point of view, it is interesting that the seat machine with its “strict” design anticipated some of Rietveld’s equally famous red and blue chair.
Wittmann
Wittmann creates treasured pieces: They are the product of an uncompromising approach to craft and design – two elements that have been uniquely cultivated by Wittmann right from the very start. Wittmann is adept at setting trends, creating milestones in the history of furniture.
Unmatched craftsmanship, as well as meticulous selection and working of fine materials, provide the basis for executing new ideas and forms. To bring them to life, Wittmann regularly partners with the greatest names of their time. And it is not uncommon for long-term cooperations to be the outcome: collaborators including Johannes Spalt, Jean Nouvel, Matteo Thun and Paolo Piva set the direction that Jaime Hayon, Sebastian Herkner and Luca Nichetto have now seamlessly picked up on, taking it into a new era.