great designers + great unknowns  

Not sure if they are unknown...
Not sure if they are unknown or not but they are new to me.
All I know is the company name which is Karpen,from Chicago.
Seems they were a big company up till the 50s.
This chair just sold for $820

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unusual to find a chair that is more handsome from behind, very striking.

The photos the guy selling th...
The photos the guy selling this chair used did the chair no justice though I agree that its as good looking from behind as it is from the front.I actually think its important that a chair is designed to be viewed from every angle as quite often a person approaches the chair from behind thats one of the reasons I love Milo Baughmans chairs so much.

MILO
had a long,productive career he designed rattan pieces early on...

A classmate
worked for him in '64-'65 or so. Never saw any of the work. They drove to High Point from New York and on the way back my friend's black M B 220 convertible, driven by Baughman, was in a wreck. Took months to acquire a new hood. True story. Never mind.

adding,depth & texture
thats a great aside SDR tell us about your design school,back in the day, to use a very TIRED phrase thats on everyones lips nowadays...

Hey,
it was just all me and David Whitney and Martin Mull. . .
No, every art education is different, even at one school in one year. It's what you make of it. I wasn't ready for it, probably. Good advice: work for a couple of years and decide what you're trying to be, before spending (your parents') time, money and effort on a four-year undergraduate education. But that's not the typical pattern, I'm afraid.

David Whitney
I recall you mentioned Whitney but Martin Mull!Whitneys death so soon after Johnsons raised some questions,he was much younger,Johnsons death was expected...