Left: C-Chair Outdoor Dining
Right: F-Chair Outdoor Lounge
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The garden gets an upgrade with the simple functionality of
two of Marcel Gascoin’s most enduring iconic designs. GU-
BI’s new outdoor collection, now in teak, represents significant
innovation for Gascoin’s iconic design, adapting the C-Chair
for al fresco mealtimes, and adding a new lounge typology to
GUBI’s collection.
A new outdoor version of the much-loved C-Chair – a din-
ing chair originally designed in 1947 for post-war housing in
France – is joined outside by a little-known Gascoin gem, the
F-Chair. The more relaxed incline and paddle-shaped arm-
rests, together with its woven seat which widens at the front,
make the F-Chair an altogether more leisurely affair.
This rarely seen design made its first appearance in 1949 at the
traveling exhibition ‘Maison Rurale’, which set out to showcase
furniture that met the particular needs of life in the countryside.
However, it was never produced at scale, and original exam-
ples are rarities today.