Ball Chair By Eero Aarnio

Design innovations are a way of periodically renewing the pool of creativity and art that any field works from. It is a natural part of the evolution of any major art form that innovations and leaps take place every few years that leave a lasting impact on the whole field, and on how the general public sees that particular art form. Experiments, like the ball chair by eero aarnio, lead to a wider and long lasting change in the whole ethos of design. Taking advantage of modern science and technology, and using newer materials, the design adds a hitherto unexplored dimension to something as supposedly mundane as furniture. Designs of such breathtaking simplicity and beauty transform the humble chair into a piece of living room art!

The long standing and enduring popularity and the increasing demand for replicas and reproductions is a clear indication of the immense impact that the aarnio ball chair has succeeded in making on the common man’s psyche. The aesthetics of modern design borrow inspiration heavily from everyday objects. This is what makes them different, on the one hand, from previous schools of design, and more comfortable and familiar, on the other, for the user. When eero aarnio decided to see what would happen is a chair was shaped like a cut away ad hollowed out ball or globe, he was merely following this innovative aesthetics of thought. And the result was the spectacular simplicity and the amazing beauty of the aarnio ball chair!