Günter Beltzig
Artist’s Statement
'We protest against conventional seating conventions! We demand … more comfortable seating arrangements for everyone taking part in a ‘sit-in’ demonstration'. With this statement Günter Beltzig and his brothers introduced Floris, a radically new type of seating, in the turbulent years of the late 1960s. Almost human in shape, the chair’s design reveals an interest in ergonomics and shows how Beltzig rejected the rigid principles of functionalism that prevailed at the time.
Biography
After completing an apprenticeship as a machine fitter and studying industrial design at the Werkkunstschule in Wuppertal, Günter Beltzig founded 'Brüder Beltzig Design' with his brothers Berthold and Ernst. Having designed electrical appliances for Siemens for many years, he specialized in plastic furniture design in his own company. Since 1971 he held several guest lectureships, for example at the Munich University of Applied Sciences, the Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design, Halle and at the Leeds Highschool for Design. Since 1994 he also was a freelancer at Richter Spielgeräte in Frasdorf.
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