The Finnish interior designer Eero Aarnio is recognized commonly for two things: for doing brilliant innovative discoveries for home furnishings and doing them out of synthetic materials like fiberglass. From these fiberglass discoveries is the identified Ball Chair. A well known model of the 1960’s period, the spherical Ball Chair was one of the most revolutionary creations of its time and continues a highly-sought after chair design to this period.

As its term means, the Ball Chair is a chair formed from light fiberglass polymer, an ingredient which is both light and tough. The Ball Chair’s inner part is ceiled with either brightly-colored fabric or leather polyurethane cushions while the foot is anchore with a rounded fiberglass pedestal at the foot for support. In addition, the Ball Chair presents a telephone on the interior side, even if a lot latest reproductions have take over it with more latest electronic and digital tools such as portable music players.

Eero Aarnio made the Ball Chair in 1963 and was primarily on purpose for personal account in his home. As the story moves, Aarnio likes to have a large chair for his latest house and the Ball Chair was the eventual productt of the proposal. A prototype was first done from plywood, which in turn was employed to made the final fiberglass example in an inside mould system with basis matching to that used in light aircraft fuselage and wings.

The Ball Chair was said to have been “revealed” by two managers from Asko appliance who were visiting Aarnio for his pinewoodcreations. The chair was later exhibited in 1966 at the International Furniture Fair in Cologne, Germany, launched Aarnio’s career in furniture discovery.

Presently, the Adelta furniture association, of Dinslaken, Germany is the accredited manufacturer of the Ball Chair.