Red and Blue Cassina

Gerrit Thomas Rietveld's 1918 design for Cassina, the Red and Blue Chair, is a classic example of the designer's indelible structural signature.

As a timeless masterpiece, the Red and Blue Chair speaks a universal language of geometric forms that is in line with the neoplastic standards advocated by the De Stijl movement.

The solid beech tops have been carefully positioned to produce a seat that is both comfortable and aesthetically pleasing. The high backrest, along with the seat parts and armrests, integrates seamlessly into the space, and the use of colour, which is unique for each top, helps to characterize it. The fact that the backrest of the Red and Blue chair is painted red, the seat is painted blue, and the external faces of each part are painted yellow has helped to establish the chair's status as an unrivalled masterpiece of rational sculpture.