The Big Easy armchair by Ron Arad for Moroso

“The Big Easy Chair” was created by Ron Arad for Moroso. The chair has a steel frame covered with stress-resistant polyurethane foam and polyester fibre. The cover is not removable but the armchair is both waterproof and light resistant so that it can be used both inside and outside. The first version was made back in the 80's during which the "cult" designer Ron Arad was rebelling against the anonymous mass production of that time. Rotationally moulded recyclable coloured polyethylene. For outdoor or indoor use. Waterproof and fade resistant.

 

 

 

 

Ron Arad

Ron Arad studied at the Jerusalem Art Academy from 1971 until 1973 before he went to London to continue his studies at the Architectural Association, the prestigious avant-garde school for architecture and design. Ron Arad's teacher was Peter Cook, the founder of Archigram. Among his fellow students were Peter Wilson, Nigel Coates, and Zaha Hadid. In 1981, together with Caroline Thorman, Ron Arad founded "One Off" in London. Being a studio and a showroom in one, "One Off" became the laboratory in which Ron Arad conducted his design experiments. However, the works of other avant-garde designers such as Tom Dixon, Danny Lane, Tom Lynham, and John Mills were also featured at "One Off". In 1981 Ron Arad designed the "Rover Chair", with a seat from a four wheel drive car. In 1985 Ron Arad produced "Concrete Sound", a hi-fi system within a concrete casing. Early, Ron Arad preferred to use steel polished to a high gloss for his seat furniture. Later, he also used wood, aluminium and plastic. Seat furniture Ron Arad designed for Moroso includes "Big Easy" (1988/89), "Little Heavy" (1991), and, in 2000, the "Victoria & Albert" chair. Ron Arad attached great importance to the one-off character of his works. As a result, it would be more adequate to describe his seat furniture as seat objects or art furniture. Through his choice of materials, labor-intensive techniques of manufacture, and unusual forms, Rod Arad has deliberately distanced his objects from mass-produced furniture, which has also made them quite expensive. For Kartell Ron Arad has produced some commercially very successful designs, including the 1997 "Bookworm" shelving and, in 1998, the chairs "Tom Vac" and "FPE" (- fantastic plastic elastic). Ron Arad did several designs for Vitra in the 1980s, including the 1986/87 "Well Tempered Chair" of sheet stainless steel fastened together with screws sporting wing nuts. In 1989 Ron Arad opened another studio in London, Ron Arad Associates. Since 1994 there has also been the Ron Arad Studio in Como, Italy. From 1994 to 1997 Ron Arad was a visiting professor at the Kunsthochschule in Vienna. Ron Arad teaches at the Royal College of Art in London.

About Moroso

Since 1952 Moroso has been designing its sofas, armchairs and accessories with well known designers such as Ron Arad, Carlo Colombo, Enrico Franzolini, Marc Newson, Toshiyuki Kita and Patricia Urquiola. Moroso's belief in furniture design is "A living room is a place you open to other people, in order to express your hospitality, but can also be a place of quiet and reflection." Moroso uses "clean", nonpolluting production processes, and materials that are natural or as recyclable as possible since there is a close connection between quality and impact on the environment.