Just as with Pierre Paulin’s F 444, or Le Corbusier’s LC4 Chaise, or even Walter Papst’s Three-Legged Chair, the much anticipated re-issue of classic mid-century work by designer Jens Risom represents a fortuitous collaboration between past and present. Or perhaps I should say “present and present,” since the 94-years young Risom is still working and was very much involved in the Rocket re-issue of nine pieces dating from the 50s and 60s. The third co-conspirator in this furniture event is manufacturer Benchmark, who, along with Rocket, jointly secured the rights to these nine designs.

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-joel