PK0 A
Category
Armchairs
Brand
Designer
Dimensions
L 66 cm - P 63 cm - H 66 cm
Finiture
Wood
Year
1952
Designed in 1952, the PK0 A™ marks the beginning of Poul Kjærholm's extraordinary design journey. Conceived as an exploration of laminated wood's inherent possibilities, its seamless form dissolves the traditional distinction between seat, back, and legs, resulting in a chair that is as much functional sculpture as it is furniture.
Fritz Hansen
A historic Danish design company, over the course of its 140 years, thanks to collaboration with far-sighted designers and architects such as Arne Jacobsen, Verner Panton, Hans J. Wegner and Poul Kjærholm, Fritz Hansen has produced a rich portfolio of furnishings such as tables, chairs and armchairs, now considered design “classics” and identified as true timeless icons such as the Egg and Swan armchairs.
Poul Kjærholm
Poul Kjærholm was a Danish architect and designer. He trained as a carpenter and later studied at the Danish School of Arts and Crafts. He developed an interest in steel, which he considered a material with the same artistic refinement as other natural materials: he is in fact remembered today for his predilection towards this metal, in contrast to the use of wood preferred by his Scandinavian colleagues. He worked for Fritz Hansen for about a year, for which he designed a series of chair prototypes. In 1955 he established a collaboration with the manufacturer Ejvind Kold Christensen, which lasted until his death in 1980. A few years later, in 1982, Fritz Hansen decided to take over the production and sale of the Kjærholm Collection, a collection with an aura of exclusivity that was developed by the designer from 1951 to 1967.
