Leather Armchair 'Osaka' by Martin Visser for 't Spectrum

The Dutch designer Martin Visser (1922-2009) began his career in the furniture department of the De Bijenkorf department store before heading design and production at the manufacturer 't Spectrum in Bergeijk for around twenty years from the mid-1950s. Among his best-known designs are the Osaka armchair, the BR02 sofa bed and the SZ01 and SZ02 armchairs. Visser's style was based on Dutch pre-war functionalism, including Hendrik Petrus Berlage, and relied on clear construction, reduced geometric forms and honest use of materials with as little material as possible. Characteristic are combinations of steel frames with leather or wood.