SOLD Toad Formula Lounge Chair Ruud Ekstrand Christer Norman Dux 1968 Sweden Mid Century Vintage Retro MCM

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Toad Formula Lounge Chair By Ruud Ekstrand & Christer Norman For Dux 1968 Sweden Mid Century Vintage Retro MCM

Back in 1968, Swedish designers, Ruud Ekstrand and Christer Norman designed this iconic lounge chair. In the simplest possible way, where a carrier fabric is suspended on a lacquered steel metal frame. The thick lovely cushion with deep stitches gives a lovely sitting comfort. You can also connect one or several easy chair so it becomes like a long sofa.

Produced by famous mid century furniture maker Dux in Sweden.

Newly reupholstered in authentic and original 60s fabric which make this a real statement in any room and oozes 1960s glamour and style.

We have two more coming in stock and will be available soon.

Dimensions
Height - 84cm
Width - 90cm
Depth - 104cm

Ruud Ekstrand, born in 1943 in Malmö, is a prominent designer and the founder of Ruud Ekstrand Design AB. With a career marked by accolades, he has received prestigious awards, including the Forsnäs Prize in 1986 and the Golden Chair (Guldstolen) in 1992. Notably, Ekstrand has won the Swedish Design Award 14 times. He has specialized in furniture design for companies such as Dux, Iform, and Skandiform, and Ekstrand has gained recognition for works like the armchair KS 130 (Forsnäs Prize, 1986) and the sofa Piccolo (Golden Chair, 1992).

Christer Norman collaborated with Ruud Ekstrand on two furniture collections in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Christer Norman is particularly known for designing the Formula series for Dux Studio Collection together with Ruud Ekstrand in 1968. This series included a lounge chair (Toad), a sofa, chairs, and tables that were presented at furniture fairs in Stockholm, Cologne, and Chicago. After a few years, Christer Norman left the design profession while Ruud Ekstrand continued his successful career with his own design studio.

Dux was founded in 1926 by Efraim Ljung. The company gained international recognition when in 1953 Folke Ohlsson went to the United States and founded Dux Incorporated, as the American version of his Swedish namesake - at the time the largest manufacturer of upholstered furniture in Scandinavia.

Dux has partnered with many leading designers, including Bruno Mathsson, Edward Wormley and Alf Svensson. In 1949, the DUX company implemented an idea that Ohlsson patented. Knock-down chair or KD, a term referring to easy flat assembly. This saved DUX space in warehouses and money for transport, and was a concept that became an inspiration for hundreds of other companies - primarily the Swedish brand IKEA.

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Local delivery can be free depending on distance. National and international delivery is available at an extra cost which we can organise on your behalf.

Collection in person is welcome. We are West of Cambridge in Bourn CB23.

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Please note that vintage furniture may have some slight imperfections, which is to be expected in keeping with its age, as we do not offer returns on items sold.