--- title: "Slow Chair" url: "https://www.stylepark.com/en/vitra/slow-chair" language: "en" type: "product" description: "Slow Chair - Designer armchairs by Vitra ✓ Comprehensive product & design information ✓ Catalogs ➜ Get inspired now" published: "2001-05-01T00:00:00+02:00" modified: "2022-03-06T17:55:41+01:00" image: "https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/manufacturers/v/vitra/produkte/slow-chair/_1410xAUTO_fit_center-center_90_none/slow-chair-1.jpg" --- [![](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/articles/vitra2018-stylepark.png)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/manufacturer/vitra) # Vitra Slow Chair Year of design: 2007 | Design: [Ronan Bouroullec](https://www.stylepark.com/en/designer/ronan-bouroullec), [Erwan Bouroullec](https://www.stylepark.com/en/designer/erwan-bouroullec) ![Slow Chair](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/manufacturers/v/vitra/produkte/slow-chair/_1410x940_crop_center-center_none/slow-chair-1.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) The Slow Chair, Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec's latest design for the Vitra Home Collection, is a successful new interpretation of the classic armchair utilising the most current technology. This inviting lounge piece, which counts Eero Saarinen's famous Womb Chair as well as Hans J. Wegner's Flag Halyard Lounge Chair among its typological and aesthetic "ancestors", uses an extremely strong, precisely shaped knit which is stretched over the frame of the chair like a fitted stocking. The frame is merely comprised of tubular steel ring for the seat, a screwed-on bow-shaped extension that forms the contour of the arms, backrest and four cast aluminium legs. On the periphery of the fabric, where the textile membrane is connected to the frame, the densely knit edge casings completely conceal the enclosed steel tubing. The knitted sling cover gives the armchair its essential comfort. A light inlayed seat cushion and two small backrest cushions increase the softness and augment the excellent ergonomic qualities of the chair. Thanks to the thin translucence of the fabric sling, this generously proportioned piece of furniture is amazingly lightweight - both visually and physically. Consequently, it is easy to move the Slow Chair from one place to another, and it is also suited for temporary outdoor use. The subtly concave surface of the Slow Chair Ottoman is just slightly lower than the seat of the companion armchair. Its symmetrical tubular steel frame can be described as a rectangle with rounded corners and gently bowed sides. The short sides of the frame are mounted on two pairs of cast-aluminium legs. Like the Slow Chair, the Ottoman is also covered with a fitted knit sling, and a flat cushion provides added comfort. On all versions of the Slow Chair and Ottoman, the frame has a powder-coated finish in the colour of aubergine. The sling upholstery comes in three different colour combinations: aubergine, brown/cream and red/cream. ![Slow Chair 3](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/manufacturers/v/vitra/produkte/slow-chair/_697xAUTO_fit_center-center_none/slow-chair-3.jpg)![Slow Chair 2](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/manufacturers/v/vitra/produkte/slow-chair/_697xAUTO_fit_center-center_none/slow-chair-2.jpg)![Slow Chair 6](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/manufacturers/v/vitra/produkte/slow-chair/_697xAUTO_fit_center-center_none/slow-chair-6.jpg) ![Slow Chair 8](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/manufacturers/v/vitra/produkte/slow-chair/_697xAUTO_fit_center-center_none/slow-chair-8.jpg)![Slow Chair 5](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/manufacturers/v/vitra/produkte/slow-chair/_697xAUTO_fit_center-center_none/slow-chair-5.jpg)![Slow Chair 4](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/manufacturers/v/vitra/produkte/slow-chair/_697xAUTO_fit_center-center_none/slow-chair-4.jpg) ![Slow Chair](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/manufacturers/v/vitra/produkte/slow-chair/_1410x940_crop_center-center_none/slow-chair-7.jpg) - [Manufacturer's Product-Info](http://www.vitra.com/en-gb/product/slow-chair) - [Manufacturer's website](http://www.vitra.com) All Slow products - [![Slow Ottoman](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/manufacturers/v/vitra/produkte/slow-ottoman/_350x225_crop_center-center_none/slow-ottoman-1.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/vitra/slow-ottoman) - [![Slow Chair](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/manufacturers/v/vitra/produkte/slow-chair/_350x225_crop_center-center_none/slow-chair-1.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/vitra/slow-chair) - [All products by Vitra @ Stylepark](https://www.stylepark.com/en/products/manufacturer/vitra) - [Vitra @ Stylepark](https://www.stylepark.com/en/manufacturer/vitra) Vitra Related Articles [FAIRS & EVENTS City for All 8/25/2021 From 9 to 11 September 2021, current questions about urban development will be discussed in Frankfurt am Main as part of the new festival "S.O.U.P. – Shaping Our Urban Phuture". 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In the Pearl River Delta, the world’s biggest boom region, the answers come thick and fast.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/vitra-learning-journey-shenzhen) [FAIRS & EVENTS More than just table football in an office zone 1/28/2020 The Vitra Workspace in Frankfurt hosted a panel discussion that explored all the different sides to the theme of “New Work”: We talked about the future of the workspace – among others with designer Jay Osgerby.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/panel-talk-vitra-workspace-frankfurt) [SALONE DEL MOBILE 2018 The furniture whisperer 4/24/2018 In the exhibition “Typecasting. An Assembly of Iconic, Forgotten and New Vitra Characters,” Robert Stadler lends furniture a voice. Let’s take a listen!](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/furniture-whisperer-salone-del-mobile-vitra-typecasting) [STYLEPARK SELECTED IMM COLOGNE 2018 AT MAKK New paths 1/23/2018 It’s not about everything – it’s about the best: The motto of Stylepark has been translated into an exhibition for the imm cologne 2018.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/stylepark-selected-imm-cologne-makk-new-paths) [DESIGN Simple, but not simplifying 4/4/2017](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/antonio-citterio-vitra-grand-sofa-salon-2017)