Tom Vac Chair : Ron Arad

Ron arad began his design journey studying at the academy of art in in home country of Israel. He then moved to london in 1973 to study at the architectural association. He originally set out to p

Ron Arad

ractice as an architect but later began to experiment with furniture design. In 1997 he was awarded the prestigious title of professor of furniture and industrial design at the royal college of art in london. Arad fast became one of the most well known designers working in london and one of very few who are recognised all over the world.

Arads was first notice for his innovative use of recycled material. which he began to pioneer by changing seats from a rover into office or home seating by welding a metal frame from old scaffolding tubes to the old structure of the seats. He did this at a time were young designers who were still starting out were using recycled materials and were being called the post industrialists because of they're pioneering ways. Arad the following year decided to open a showroom in London entitled ‘One Off’, which would become the centre of the groups work.

Tom Vac chair - Ron Arad

The Tom Vac chair was launched in 1997 at the Milan april fair. the chair came in the later part of arad’s career. By this time a rads method of designing had moved to computer were he was able to render his products to perfection in the most sophisticated manner. Using such programs arad was pioneering the laser cutting industry as his products would be fed straight to the milling machine and cut.

The Tom Vac chair is produced in a vacuum-formed aluminium and produced in italy in a spectrum of circular colour wheels.there are also limited collectors edition which are made out of fibre glass. 

Referencing:

MoMA | Ron Arad: No Discipline. 2015. MoMA | Ron Arad: No Discipline. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/exhibitions/301. [Accessed 30 January 2015]

Ron Arad news, interviews and design | Dezeen. 2015. Ron Arad news, interviews and design | Dezeen. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.dezeen.com/tag/ron-arad/. [Accessed 30 January 2015].