Poul Kjærholm (1929–1980) graduated from the Copenhagen School of Arts and Crafts in 1952 and he teaches there until 1956. In 1959 his lecturers at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and in 1973 he became head of the Institute of Design in 1973 and finally became a professor in 1976. His artistic ideology for furniture is that the factor of the contrast between sculptural and architectural which achieved by placing a piece of furniture in an architectural space. His design is influenced by le Corbusier. Of his favorite material he said: “Steel’s constructive potential is not the only thing that interests me; the refraction of light on its surface is an important part of my artistic work. I consider steel a material with the same artistic merit as wood and leather”.
Hammock Chaise Made of stainless steel frame, woven natural cane and Leather headrest was designed by Poul Kjaerholm in 1965. It is a combination of a hammock and chaise longue. The structure of his chaises are very different for example the shape of the base of each his chaise uses different techniques, although mostly he uses steel base like the hammock chaise he uses a u shape steel base and woven natural cane as a soft surface, there is an another steel frame attached on back of the woven cane to help carry more weight. The u shape steel base is sleek, simple yet it is incredibly strong. There are 3 material used in this chaise soft leather, flexible cane and strong sleek steel. Overall, the look of this chaise is simple, elegant, functional and modern.
His furniture described as elegant, simplistic and although he pays extreme amount of attention to detail but his design appear to be effortless and modern.
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