Table Superellipse - a reflection of functionalist feminine beauty in the simplicity

Bruno Mathsson (1907-1988) was the son of a fourth generation of Swedish furniture maker. He loved architecture and interior design. Although he was born up working with fine wood furniture from the world he was the other way of functionality movement in the early 1900s.

The use of functionalism in the interior design involves ensuring that everything in the home has a very specific purpose. Some of Mathsson's earlier works were considered ugly by those who did not know funktionaliströrelsen. When a hospital bought his seat in 1931 for their waiting room visitors found them so ugly that the chairs eventually were stored in an attic, never to be used again. In any case, his breakthrough at a show in New York 1939th

Lighting design was not simply a functionalist, convinced that every part of his design should have a purpose, he was also a self-proclaimed perfectionist who believed that a möbeldel should be aesthetically pleasing from all angles before it could be considered finished. One of his most popular designs are the table Superellipse.

Superellipsbordet has become a popular table for use in particular business meetings. However, it has changed many times since Bruno Mathsson created it. The upper part remains the same, but the legs are often varied from his original design to make the table more useful in office situations where bone from the middle of the table makes it easier for today's larger, rolling office chairs. Modern materials and improvements to keep the same shape and functionalist quality while making the table adapted to today's businesses.

Although two decades have passed since Bruno Mathsson's death, his designs continued in production throughout the world. Licensed production and sales of his designs in Japan comes from valuable contacts he established when he was there to show off their work. Superellipsbordet is only one example of Mathsson's ability to show the beauty and simplicity.

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