Designer · Norway · 1920–2002
Ingmar Relling
Ingmar Relling (1920–2002) – Norwegian furniture designer, creator of the Siesta armchair in bent beech plywood.
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About the designer
- Lifetime
- 1920–2002
- Country
- Norway
Ingmar Anton Relling was born on 8 April 1920 in Sykkylven and died on 9 April 2002. As a young man, he worked as a cabinetmaker and woodcarver at Vestlandske Møbelfabrikk; in 1947, he graduated from the SHKS school of arts and crafts. He worked at his brother Adolf Relling’s company, and independently from 1950; after 1960, he focused on chairs and armchairs.
His best-known piece of furniture is the Siesta armchair (1966), made of leather and bent beech plywood and now produced by LK Hjelle. From 1976, Vestlandske Møbelfabrikk produced his Orbit armchair with an adjustable backrest. His work is held in the collections of Kunstindustrimuseet in Oslo, the Victoria and Albert Museum, Röhsska museet and Cooper-Hewitt. Among other honours, he received the Jacob Prize (1978) and the King’s Medal of Merit in gold (1999).
Key designs
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Siesta
armchair made of bent beech plywood and leather
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Orbit
armchair with adjustable backrest
