{{Short description|Chair designed by Eero Aarnio in 1968}} {{Infobox furniture | name = Bubble chair | image = Bubble Chair Eero Aarnio.jpg | designer = Eero Aarnio | made in = Finland | date = 1968 | materials = Steel, acrylic, fabric, leather | style = Modernist }}
The '''bubble chair''' was designed by Finnish furniture designer Eero Aarnio in 1968.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Harrison |first1=Bernice |title=Design Moment: Bubble Chair, 1968 |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/homes-and-property/interiors/design-moment-bubble-chair-1968-1.3481365 |newspaper=The Irish Times |date=5 May 2018 |access-date=23 June 2020}}</ref> It is based on his Ball Chair.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Thompson |first1=Henrietta |title=The Hot Seat: Eero Aarnio's Ball Chair returns |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/luxury/design/eero-aarnios-ball-chair-returns1/ |website=The Telegraph |date=9 December 2016 |access-date=23 June 2020}}</ref> The main difference is that the Bubble Chair is attached to the ceiling with a chain, while being made of transparent material which lets the light inside from all directions. The acrylic is heated and blown into a round shape, similar to a soap bubble, within a solid steel frame.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mull |first1=Olivia |title=Eero Aarnio's iconic Ball Chair features in retrospective at Helsinki Design Museum |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2016/04/17/eero-aarnio-retrospective-helsinki-design-museum-curator-suvi-saloniemi-interview/ |website=Dezeen |date=17 April 2016 |access-date=23 June 2020}}</ref> It's about an industrial design classic and has advanced the usage of plastics in furniture design.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Originals |first=Eero Aarnio |title=Bubble |url=https://www.aarniooriginals.com/products/bubble-chair |access-date=2022-12-01 |website=Eero Aarnio Originals |language=en}}</ref> The chair is considered modernist or Space Age in design and is often used to symbolize the 1960s period.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Watson-Smyth |first1=Kate |title=The Secret History Of: The bubble chair |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/property/interiors/the-secret-history-of-the-bubble-chair-2283346.html |website=Independent.co.uk |date=13 May 2011 |access-date=23 June 2020}}</ref>
==In popular culture== In the 2005 ''Star Trek: Enterprise'' episode "The Aenar", it was used in the Aenar city.<ref name="D'Oria 2023">{{cite web|last1=D'Oria|first1=Tadeo|last2=Farley|first2=Eno|last3=Schneider|first3=Bernd|last4=Hillebrand|first4=Jörg|title=Ex Astris Scientia - Commercially Available Chairs in Star Trek|url=https://www.ex-astris-scientia.org/database/chairs-trek.htm|work=Ex Astris Scientia|publisher=ex-astris-scientia.org|date=23 March 2023|access-date=28 May 2023}}</ref>
==See also== *List of chairs *Ball Chair *Philippe Starck, designer of the Bubble Club Armchair and Sofa
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Category:Products introduced in 1968 Category:Chairs Category:Finnish inventions Category:Individual models of furniture Category:Space Age Category:Finnish furniture
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