Description
Plaka Chair (1973). Arch. Ricardo Blanco.
Made in red PLA. Ideal for decorating desks and shelves, adding style and personality to your space.
Dimensions:
Width: 10 cm
Height: 13 cm
Depth: 0.5 cm
Weight: 35 g
(Available in other colors and sizes upon request)
History:
The Plaka Chair was designed by Ricardo Blanco between 1972 and 1973, within an Argentine context shaped by late modernity, local industry, and the need to conceive intelligent, economical, and reproducible objects. Blanco—architect, designer, and influential design theorist—sought to create a piece that resolved structure, ergonomics, and folding with minimal resources. The result was a chair made from a single sheet of laminated wood, precisely cut and folded, free of artifice or superfluous components.
One of its most fascinating features is that the Plaka folds down to an almost completely flat surface, to the point that it can be hung on a wall like a picture. This duality—functional object and graphic object—made it iconic. Its name is no coincidence: it derives from the Spanish word placa (sheet or panel), but spelled “Plaka” by Blanco’s own decision, reinforcing its almost conceptual character. The chair was originally produced by Indumar, an Argentine company, and became a quiet manifesto of national industrial design: austere, ingenious, and deeply modern.
Over time, the Plaka transcended borders and is now part of the permanent collections of MoMA (New York) and LACMA (Los Angeles), an exceptional achievement for an Argentine design piece of that era.
