--- title: "S 533 R" url: "https://www.stylepark.com/en/thonet/s-533-r" language: "en" type: "product" description: "S 533 R - Designer chairs by Thonet ✓ Comprehensive product & design information ✓ Catalogs ➜ Get inspired now" published: "2001-05-01T00:00:00+02:00" modified: "2022-03-08T00:41:45+01:00" image: "https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/articles/_1410xAUTO_fit_center-center_90_none/Thonet_Stuhl__S_533_L__FS0_2.jpg" --- [![](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/articles/THONET_2018.png)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/manufacturer/thonet) # Thonet S 533 R Year of design: 1927 | Design: [Ludwig Mies van der Rohe](https://www.stylepark.com/en/designer/ludwig-mies-van-der-rohe) ![S 533 R](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/articles/_1410x940_crop_center-center_none/Thonet_Stuhl__S_533_L__FS0_2.jpg) [Home furniture](https://www.stylepark.com/en/products/home-furniture) **›** [Seating furniture](https://www.stylepark.com/en/products/seating-furniture) **›** [chairs](https://www.stylepark.com/en/products/chairs) The targeted restriction in the use of materials, elegance in the lines and transparency in the effect are the characteristic properties of the S 533. It owes its special comfort to constant elastic flexing. This effect results from the fact that Mies van der Rohe conceived the front part of the tubular steel frame as a big bow made of spring-hard tubular steel. While most of the designs from the 1920s were rather simple and functional, this chair clearly communicates the signature of the architect: his design combines functionality and comfort with timeless aesthetics. The chair was first presented in the Weissenhof-Siedlung in 1927. Without armrests. Frame chrome plated tubular steel. Seat and backrest with wicker. Also available in black natural bend leather with lacing on backrest. ![S 533 R 1](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/manufacturers/t/thonet/produkte/s-533-r/_697xAUTO_fit_center-center_none/s-533-r-1.jpg)![Thonet All Seasons Interieur 01](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/articles/_697xAUTO_fit_center-center_none/Thonet_All_Seasons__Interieur_01.jpg) ![S 533 R 2](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/manufacturers/t/thonet/produkte/s-533-r/_697xAUTO_fit_center-center_none/s-533-r-2.jpg)![S 533 R 3](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/manufacturers/t/thonet/produkte/s-533-r/_697xAUTO_fit_center-center_none/s-533-r-3.jpg) - Request a quote - [Manufacturer's Product-Info](http://en.shop.thonet.de/classics/range-s-533?a=526) - [Manufacturer's website](http://www.thonet.de/startseite.html) All S 533 products - [![S 533 N](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/manufacturers/_350x225_crop_center-center_none/Thonet_S_533_N_schwarz_Outdoor_FF_litho_2024-07-05-080819_cufn.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/thonet/s-533-n) - [![S 533 with lace leather](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/manufacturers/t/thonet/produkte/s-533-with-lace-leather/_350x225_crop_center-center_none/s-533-with-lace-leather-1.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/thonet/s-533-with-lace-leather) - [![S 533 R](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/articles/_350x225_crop_center-center_none/Thonet_Stuhl__S_533_L__FS0_2.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/thonet/s-533-r) - [All products by Thonet @ Stylepark](https://www.stylepark.com/en/products/manufacturer/thonet) - [Thonet @ Stylepark](https://www.stylepark.com/en/manufacturer/thonet) Thonet Related Articles [INTERVIEWS Strong presence 4/7/2025 The internationally renowned fashion designer Jil Sander has reinterpreted Marcel Breuer's ‘S 64’ cantilever chair for Thonet. ‘Serious’ and “Nordic” are the names of the design lines with which she has given the tubular steel classic from the 1920s a new sensuality. 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