Olivier Mourgue For Airborne, Pair Of “joker” Lounge Chairs, 1960s

Pair of lounge chairs "JOKER" model by OLIVIER MOURGUE, AIRBORNE edition, ca 1960s.
Structure in chrome-plated steel slats, flexible suspended seat, cushions in black leather-look skai (original).
All in superb original condition.
Stable and very comfortable.
Similar model but smaller than the "Barcelona" model by Mies Van De Rohe...
Artist / Designer: Olivier Mourgue (1939 - ).
Manufacturer / Publisher: Airborne.
Period: 20th century / Mid Century / 1960s.
Country of Origin: France.
Dimensions (H x W x D): 70 x 60 x 70 cm.
Weight: 10 Kg / each.
Number of elements:2.
Condition: Excellent.
Style:Design / Modernism / Bauhaus.
Materials: Chrome steel / Skai.

Pick-up: Free.
Belgium Delivery: €50.
Worldwide Delivery: On request.

Biography:
Olivier Mourgue is a French designer and professor of fine arts, born in 1939 in Paris.
From 1960, he worked closely with the furniture publisher Airborne to whom he had presented his Joker chair the year before.
In 1963, he designed the pop and futuristic Djinn collection which included a fireside chair, ottoman, duo seats or sofa, chaise longue and table. These models dressed in vermilion red equip the space station in Stanley Kubrick's film 2001 "A Space Odyssey" filming of which began in December 1965.
The Tric-Trac armchair (1963) was only made in a few copies due to its complexity and the resulting manufacturing constraints. The Whist back-to-back seat (1964), a contemporary version of the pouty chair, also designed for Airborne, has been successful for equipping public places such as airport lobbies and waiting rooms. Next came the Bouloum model (1964)...
Installed in 1966 in his own workshop in Paris (until the end of the 1980s), the designer approached the lighting publisher Disderot while continuing to create seats for Airborne, Renault, Prisunic and Mobilier National.
In 1976, he established his workshop in Brittany and was appointed professor at the Brest School of Fine Arts, where he taught until his retirement in 2012...