Prof. Dr. Georg Leowald
1954-1966
Wilkhahn

Steel frame crosses under the seat shell

Prof. Dr. Georg Leowald, a teacher at the Ulm University of Design (HfG), joined Wilkhahn at the end of the 1950s. He went on to create numerous successful designs. These designs were characterized by clear lines and refined details in both traditional woodcraft and innovative plastic technology, reflecting the typical "architect chairs" for Wilkhahn. He presented a plastic structure as the "chair of the future," and he was proven right. His fiberglass seat shells, such as the 2002, 227, 240, or 241 models, outshone Charles Eames' and Herman Miller's "Plastic Chairs" with their improved elasticity.