Olivier Mourgue Bouloum Chaise Lounge for Airborne

1969, France. Fiberglass chaise lounge molded to mimic the human form.

This 'Djinn' chaise longue by Olivier Mourgue for Airborne International is stunning. It was produced in France between 1964 and 1965. This chaise longue is well known for its appearance in "2001: A Space Odyssey" by Stanley Kubrick and is part of Center de Pompidou and the New York's MoMA collection. This epic piece of modernism from the Mid-20th Century is as beautiful as it is comfortable and will surely become a favourite piece of furniture in your living room. Condition: Excellent, Reupholstered, Completely restored, This Djinn chaise longue has new stripes, foam and luxurious curly boucle on a tubular steel frame. Dimensions: Width: 175 cm / 68.9 in. Depth: 60 cm / 23.63 in. Height: 63 cm / 24.81 in. About the Designer: Olivier Mourgue (French, born 1939) is a French artist and industrial designer. Best known for his design of the Djinn line of furniture, Mourgue’s aesthetic is characterized by brightly colored jersey fabric stretched over structural steel frames that are filled with polyether foam, creating a unified, futuristic, alien-like modular form. Born in Paris, France in 1939, he began his career with an innovative design for a chaise lounge in 1964, after which he expanded his original furniture line to include loveseats, stools, and anthropomorphic chairs. Despite also producing paintings and drawings, his career was ultimately dedicated to industrial design, and provided a quintessential aesthetic of 1960s Modernist furniture...

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