Oh, patents! Frank O. Gehry designs

 

Copyright © Françoise Herrmann

So you thought that the great American architect Frank O. Gehry only designed fluffy-looking buildings that appear to defy gravity, that transform cities, and whose outside walls, upon closer inspection, appear like twisted metal sculptures. Well...try again…There is much more Frank O. Gehry, who also designs hundreds of everyday objects and artifacts, such as furniture and jewelry – and especially seating!

A search for Frank Gehry patents returns 239 US design patents, in addition to the utility patents for sheet metal bending and rendering proper to the manufacturing processes of the everyday objects and to architecture.

 

Frank Gehry design patents for furniture include, for example:

 

USD341264S – Diamond chair (See fig. 2)

USD344191S – Dining chair (See fig. 1)

USD525041S – Chair

USD518657S1 – Chair

USD530936S – Chair for theatres, auditoriums and the like

USD533364S – Chair

USD334488 – Chair

USD422424 – Chair

USD334098 – Chair

USD333738 - Chair

USD341265S - Café chair

USD341263S - Club chair

USD513910S1 - Seat frame

USD663558 – Seat frame

USD530530 - Left twist stool

USD530529 - Right twist stool (See fig. at EOF)

USD528808 - Three sided stool

USD528816 – Sofa

USD529303 - Bench

USD346924 - Seat cushion

USD529303 - Bench

USD357185 - Lamp

USD523166 - Lamp

USD513677 - Coffee table

USD346293 – Coffee table

USD338579 – Café table

USD344856 - Ottoman

USD510251 – Handle

USD509422 – Handle

USD521355 - Handle

You will find enclosed design patent drawings and corresponding marketed products, as an illustration of some the Frank O. Gehry seating, and the breadth of this design palette -- exploring the intersections of form, function and materials, from corrugated cardboard to bended wood and metal, and injection molding!

 

Take a seat and enjoy!...

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