Barcelona Chair: The Modernist Icon That Continues to Shape Contemporary Interiors
SA Decor | 09.03.2026 12:00
Few pieces in modern design carry the quiet authority of the Barcelona Chair. First conceived in 1929 by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe for the German Pavilion at the International Exposition in Barcelona, the chair remains a defining expression of the modernist principle that form should be both purposeful and refined. Its elegant silhouette reflects Mies’s enduring belief that “less is more.”