Kurt Thut

Rare set of six model 6800 chairs by Kurt Thut for Dietiker, Switzerland, 1983.

The stacking of the components on threaded rods, like beads on a string, is the defining feature of this design. The seat rests on a thin MDF panel, connected to a second horizontal plane situated below. The seat thus has the static height of a frame, yet does without one thanks to the interlocking effect.

Thut did not begin by sketching a form; he wanted the form to be suggested to him by a good idea. This is the crucial point. This approach brings Thut into line with other renowned designers such as Enzo Mari, Jean Prouvé and the Eameses.

Monograph on Kurt Thut, 2017, page 156.

Kurt Thut (1931–2011), designer, architect and leading figure in Swiss interior design.