Kevi Office Chair by Jørgen Rasmussen

Kevi office chair designed by Jørgen Rasmussen. With height, tilt and other adjustments. New upholstered with black aniline leather.

Mogens Koch furniture designed a lot of award wining midcentury furniture. The Danish architect was known for his functional approach to furniture design and for prioritizing comfort and accessibility. Koch also drew on older traditions and techniques. His chairs and tables show the influence of the Shaker Style and Englisch pieces of the 18th century. Koch was born in Copenhagen and attended the Royal Danisch Academy of fine Arts. After graduating, he worked as an assistant to Kaare Klint, an important figure in Danish modernism who was responsible for establishing the furniture design program at Koch’s alma mater. Klint favored historical styles and inspired Koch to view furniture design as an evolutionary process built on the traditions of the past. Over the course of their partnership, in the late 1920s, Koch began creating modular bookcases. In 1932, Rud Rasmussen began to produce Koch designs. An early Koch seating design that the Danish manufacturer made was the MK Safari...

Scandinavian modern Kevi chair by Jorgen Rasmussen for Fritz Hansen. Made in 1950s features a Black Lacquer plywood and metal Base on Casters. A vague label appears on the underside....

These iconic Danish Modern office chairs were designed by architect and designer Jørgen Rasmussen for Engelbrechts. The model is the widely popular KEVI chair (1965) which is based o...