Bruno Mathsson (1907-1988) was the son of a fourth generation Swedish cabinet maker. He loved architecture and interior design. Although he was born up working people with beautiful wood from woodworking world, he was drawn in another direction of functional movement in the early 1900's.
Using functionalism in interior design means that you certify that everything in the home has a specific purpose. Some of Mathsson's earlier works were considered ugly by those who did not know funktionaliströrelsen. When a hospital bought his chairs 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
Mathsson was not only a functionalist, convinced that every part of his design should have a purpose, he was also a self-proclaimed perfectionist who thought that a möbeldel should be aesthetically pleasing from all angles before it could be considered finished. One of his most popular designs are table Superellips.
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