The visual shortcuts of Jan Plecháč

Someone will be turning over in their grave. And the "guilty party" is a young Czech designer who has transformed the great chair design classics using wire in his “ICONS” collection.



Jan Plecháč, from the Jiří Pelc studio, is just 27 years old and has just won the Czech Grand Design 2011 award in the "Discovery of the year" category. The reason? For having reinterpreted great icons of chair design by going over the contours in a sort of elegant wire sketch.

The choice of pieces was influenced by various factors, first and foremost the item's popularity and how its style is recognised by the public. That's why the first specimen to undergo his graphic and design 'overhaul' was the "Louis Chair", with its unmistakable curved silhouette. A decidedly more radical re-elaboration compared to Philippe Stark's “Louis Ghost Chair”.

This piece is complemented by other different pieces which, when observed in sequence, are designed to produce great visual rhythm. Like the geometries of the "Kubus" chair by Josef Hoffmann, the "Red and Blue Chair" by the architect Rittweld, the "Walnut Stool" by Eames, and other more contemporary and unusual pieces.





Photos via janplechac.com

15 March 2011