On the occasion of the company’s bicentenary, the architect and design theorist Friedrich von Borries and the designer Frieder Bohaumilitzky designed the first Thonet rollator. What at first glance looks like a humorous commentary on the venerable age of Thonet, at closer inspection reveals itself as an intensive examination of both the history and future of Thonet from the perspective of ecological sustainability. This is because the rollator consists of different original parts from Thonet 214 and Thonet 219 chairs. It thus suggests that an ecologically sustainable future does not constantly need new products, but novelties that are developed based on existing ones. In much the same way, the rollator exemplifies a new use of preexisting parts.
MAK Museum für angewandte Kunst Wien
Design: Friedrich von Borries · Frieder Bohaumilitzky
Photos: Friedrich von Borries
With the friendly support of Thonet GmbH.
Design: Friedrich von Borries · Frieder Bohaumilitzky
Photos: Friedrich von Borries
With the friendly support of Thonet GmbH.