Designed by Flemming Lassen in 1936, The Tired Man remains one of his most recognisable designs even ninety years after its debut.
The epitome of craftsmanship and comfort, the characteristically curved armchair was designed to feel “as warm and snug as a polar bear cub in the arms of its mother.”
Flemming Lassen designed The Tired Man for the Copenhagen Cabinetmakers’ Guild Exhibition in 1936. One of a handful of original chairs sold at auction in Denmark in 2014 for a record-breaking sum, proving the enduring relevance of the Danish designer’s work.
FLEMMING LASSEN
Credited for his role in bringing functionalism to Denmark, Flemming Lassen was an architect and designer noted for his exacting craftsmanship and naive expression. Lassen drew much of his inspiration from the architect Mies van der Rohe and the tenets of the Bauhaus artistic movement—a less is more approach focused on form, function and novel materials counterbalanced with human needs. His original and distinctive designs with timeless silhouettes still resonate today.
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