--- title: "D4N Esther Wilson" url: "https://www.stylepark.com/en/tecta/d4n-esther-wilson" language: "en" type: "product" description: "D4N Esther Wilson - Designer armchairs by TECTA ✓ Comprehensive product & design information ✓ Catalogs ➜ Get inspired now" published: "2019-01-15T10:00:00+01:00" modified: "2020-09-06T21:51:07+02:00" image: "https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/articles/_1410xAUTO_fit_center-center_90_none/EP03685-0037.jpg" --- [![](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/articles/TECTA_Logo.png)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/manufacturer/tecta) # TECTA D4N Esther Wilson Presented: [imm cologne 2019, Cologne](https://www.stylepark.com/en/fair/imm-cologne-2019-cologne) | Year of design: 1926, 2019 | Design: [Esther Wilson](https://www.stylepark.com/en/designer/esther-wilson), [Marcel Breuer](https://www.stylepark.com/en/designer/marcel-breuer) ![D4N Esther Wilson](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/articles/_1410x940_crop_center-center_none/EP03685-0037.jpg) [Home furniture](https://www.stylepark.com/en/products/home-furniture) **›** [Seating furniture](https://www.stylepark.com/en/products/seating-furniture) **›** [armchairs](https://www.stylepark.com/en/products/armchairs) [Garden furnishings](https://www.stylepark.com/en/products/garden-furnishings) **›** [Outdoor seating furniture](https://www.stylepark.com/en/products/outdoor-seating-furniture) **›** [Outdoor armchairs](https://www.stylepark.com/en/products/outdoor-armchairs) To mark the Bauhaus centennial Tecta has launched an experiment – »BauhausNowhaus«. The initiative impressively demonstrates that the concepts, ideas and furniture of the Bauhaus era have lost nothing of their fascination and functionality of almost 100 years ago. Tecta thus brings the vitality and enthusiasm of the past forward into the present. As a tangible expression of this fascination, a group of ambitious designers around Tecta are now personally rethinking the classics. Be it icons such as Walter Gropius F51 armchair, Erich Brendel's M10 tea table or Marcel Breuer's D4 club chair. New accents, proportions, plus contemporary and poetic impulses link the concepts of the young designers. With respect and playfulness, they boldly challenge these icons and show us: Bauhaus is alive, open to change, and as up-to-date as ever after 100 years. The D4 is a timeless classic with its own special magic, and a chair that British designer and artist Esther Wilson grew up with. It brings back memories of her grandparents, the architects Alison and Peter Smithson, who owned a D4 and collaborated closely with Tecta. Designer Esther Wilson, who is a trained embroiderer, has therefore created a poetic thought work that pays homage to Breuer‘s chair and the Bauhaus. She based her new edition on the Bauhaus Manifesto in its original layout. On a copy Wilson highlighted several words and hand-written notes, which she considered important, in different colours. According to their positions in the Manifesto, she embroidered the resulting colour blocks onto the textile surfaces of the D4. And in doing so created intense, minimal pieces of embroidery. Works of art with a unique rhythm of arrangement and colour repetition. The sizes and proportions of the colour blocks vary according to the chair style – Wilson has customised the pattern to scale for each version. ![Ep03685 0033](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/articles/_697xAUTO_fit_center-center_none/EP03685-0033.jpg)![Ep03685 0149](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/articles/_697xAUTO_fit_center-center_none/EP03685-0149.jpg)![Ep03685 0034](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/articles/_697xAUTO_fit_center-center_none/EP03685-0034.jpg)![Ep03685 0151](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/articles/_697xAUTO_fit_center-center_none/EP03685-0151.jpg)![Ep03685 0042](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/articles/_697xAUTO_fit_center-center_none/EP03685-0042.jpg)![Ep03685 0153](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/articles/_697xAUTO_fit_center-center_none/EP03685-0153.jpg)![Ep03685 0155](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/articles/_697xAUTO_fit_center-center_none/EP03685-0155.jpg)![Ep03685 0043](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/articles/_697xAUTO_fit_center-center_none/EP03685-0043.jpg)![Ep03685 0039](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/articles/_697xAUTO_fit_center-center_none/EP03685-0039.jpg) ![Ep03685 0036](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/articles/_697xAUTO_fit_center-center_none/EP03685-0036.jpg)![Ep03685 0152](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/articles/_697xAUTO_fit_center-center_none/EP03685-0152.jpg)![Ep03685 0035](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/articles/_697xAUTO_fit_center-center_none/EP03685-0035.jpg)![Ep03685 0041](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/articles/_697xAUTO_fit_center-center_none/EP03685-0041.jpg)![Ep03685 0156](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/articles/_697xAUTO_fit_center-center_none/EP03685-0156.jpg)![Ep03685 0157](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/articles/_697xAUTO_fit_center-center_none/EP03685-0157.jpg)![Ep03685 0154](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/articles/_697xAUTO_fit_center-center_none/EP03685-0154.jpg)![Ep03685 0038](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/articles/_697xAUTO_fit_center-center_none/EP03685-0038.jpg)![Ep03685 0040](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/articles/_697xAUTO_fit_center-center_none/EP03685-0040.jpg) - [Manufacturer's website](https://www.tecta.de/) All D4 products - [![D4N Esther Wilson](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/articles/_350x225_crop_center-center_none/EP03685-0037.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/tecta/d4n-esther-wilson) - [![D4N Kerstin Bruchhäuser](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/articles/_350x225_crop_center-center_none/EP03685-0028.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/tecta/d4n-kerstin-bruchh%C3%A4user) - [![D4](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/articles/_350x225_crop_center-center_none/EP03356-13.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/tecta/d4) - [All products by TECTA @ Stylepark](https://www.stylepark.com/en/products/manufacturer/tecta) - [TECTA @ Stylepark](https://www.stylepark.com/en/manufacturer/tecta) TECTA Related Articles [REVIEW – SALONE DEL MOBILE & MILAN DESIGN WEEK 2024 Nostalgia and drive 4/23/2024 The Salone del Mobile.Milano and Milan Design Week took place from 16 to 21 April 2024 – read our review to find out what moves the industry and the guests got to see.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/salone-del-mobile-milan-design-week-review-design-industry-event-stylepark-magazine) [DESIGN Tecta 2022: D70 ARMCHAIR 5/30/2022 With the armchair "D70" by Tecta, Marco Dessí has designed a timeless piece of furniture inspired by Bauhaus and composed of various geometric figures.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/tecta-2022-d70-armchair-marco-dessi-stylepark) [STYLEPARK RAFFLE Hi-Tech meets Low-Tech 4/1/2022 Stylepark is raffling off one "Split Chair" by Tecta.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/stylepark-raffle-split-chair-tecta) [STYLEPARK RAFFLE Minimalistic all-rounder 1/1/2021 Stylepark raffles off a copy of the "K7B" by Tecta.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/stylepark-raffle-tecta-k7b) [DESIGN TECTA 2020: K7 9/24/2020 Chair ladder step: "K7" by Thomas Schnur for Tecta.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/tecta-2020-k7-thomas-schnur)