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Eiermann 2 Dining Table
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Eiermann 1 Conference Table
Richard Lampert Eiermann 1 Conference Table
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Eiermann 1 Table Frame vs Eiermann 2 Table Frame


Eiermann 1 Table Frame

The Eiermann 1 Table Frame is one of the genuine classics of modern furniture design. In 1953 Egon Eiermann designed a table frame from two lateral, steel tube side elements connected by crossbars at an angle. Minimal material use with maximum stability, coupled with Egon Eiermann's high design requirements, make the Eiermann 1 Table Frame unique in its construction and yet universal in its application as the basis for the Eiermann table.

Eiermann 1 Table Frame

Eiermann 2 Table Frame

Eiermann 2 Table Frame

The modified frame version with the vertical crossbars originates from 1965 and is also referred to as Eiermann table frame. The frame is similar to the original, but is not by Egon Eiermann. The name Eiermann 2 has however established itself as the popular name for this popular table frame.


In a direct comparison of both table frames, Egon Eiermann's attention to detail is clearly visible in the original 'table frame 1' than in the practice-optimized variant 'table frame 2', which is not by Egon Eiermann.


History and copyright of the Eiermann Table Frame


In 1953 the German architect Egon Eiermann designed a table frame with an oblique lying crossbar for stabilisation. In the first version of this table frame, the side panels were securely welded to the crossbar; however, in the 1960s a member of staff at the Karlsruhe University, where Eiermann was a Professor, adapted Eiermann's design to make it transportable. Essentially the welded points were replaced by screw based attachments, and the angle of the crossbar was switched from oblique to vertical. For many years only cheap replicas of the Eiermann frame were available on the market; however, in 1995 Richard Lampert received the exclusive manufacturing rights for the Eiermann table frame from the Eiermann family. Since then, the original (Eiermann 1 Table Frame) has been produced in the original form - albeit a dismantle form - and to the highest quality standards. The somewhat less sophisticated, but practically oriented, Eiermann 2 Table Frame is also produced by Richard Lampert.

Although originally developed by Egon Eiermann as an architects desk, the Eiermann table now also finds widespread use in offices, conference rooms, as a dining table or as a popular children's table.


Assembly of the Eiermann Table Frame


Eiermann table frame crossbar

The side frames and crossbars can be assembled into tables of differing sizes. The Eiermann 1 Table Frame is available in 2 sizes. The table frame Eiermann 2 is available in a larger number of versions and sizes. The crossbar of the Eiermann 2 can be bolted centrally or vertically offset - depending on the intended area of application and the desired leg-freedom.
Table tops are usually placed loosely atop the frame. Rubber stoppers can be used to reduce the risk of slippage.


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Der Stuhl des Architekten – Sitzmöbel von Egon Eiermann @ the Ungers Archiv für Architekturwissenschaft Cologne

...One of Germany's leading post-war architects and architectural theoreticians, Egon Eiermann was also one of post-war Europe's most important chair designers, not just in context of what he realised, but also in context of what he worked towards realising and the reasons why... Although Egon Eiermann's career as a designer of industrially, mass produced, chairs begins in the late 1940, his association with furniture design does back to his student days in Berlin in the 1920s, studies which stood very much in context of the idea of the architectural Gesamtkunstwerk, of there being no separation of interior and exterior, between situation, facade, furnishings...

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...Originally a manufacturer of window shutters, in 1948 the German architect and designer Egon Eiermann commissioned Wilde+Spieth to construct custom blinds for one of his architectural projects, before, and admittedly somewhat overly casually enquiring, "Kinderchen, can you also build chairs?... They could, they did and Egon Eiermann subsequently went on to design a collection of some 30 chairs for Wilde+Spieth, including works such as the SE 18, SE 42 or SE 68...

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...The Designer's Musician's Chair One of the first to critically consider the musician's chair was the German architect and designer Egon Eiermann... Chairs initially developed in cooperation with Egon Eiermann, subsequently independently of Eiermann, but always in cooperation with musicians...

Orgatec Cologne 2016: Richard Lampert

...For thanks to Richard Lampert's new connecting element Eiermann desk islands not only receive a new elegance, but through the thereby realised cable/charger/whatever storage space, increased functionality... Specially developed for and by Richard Lampert the acoustic elements are every bit as reduced and reserved as the table frames: and in the U-formed "hood" version completely change not only the optic of the Eiermann desk but also the character...

On Egon Eiermann and the maintenance of his legacy......

...In the context of another project we are currently researching various aspects of Egon Eiermann's architectural output... In Stuttgart Egon Eiermann's IBM Campus is under threat of demolition...

Wilbur af Daniel Wahl

Under DMY Berlin 2011 lancerede Daniel Wahl aka Weltunit sit nye skrivebord Wilbur. Bordet er specielt designet til den klassiske Egon Eiermann bordramme, og Wilburs primære funktion er at hjæpe brugerne med at genvinde kontrollen over deres arbejdsareal...


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