Meandering Lines 
The furnishing of the tobacco factory in Linz, 
built by Peter Behrens between 1928 and 
1935, was aligned in its materiality and de- 
sign with the overall work of art character of 
the facility: Through the use of different seat 
heights, the tubulär Steel chairs were function- 
ally adapted to the company's different Work 
stations. 1 As a material, tubulär Steel did indeed 
convey cool objectivity and technical modernity, 
but it seemed, like many extravagant pieces 
of tubulär steel furniture from the 1930s, to be 
rather formalistic-“with the result that it seems 
to take no end [...] that it-if necessary-would 
entwine the whole structure or a large part of 
it in one piece in meandering turns, that it 
would rather go back and forth or bend in 
loops than to create corners which have to be 
welded." 2 Deviating from the strict functional- 
ist style of rational objectivity and unadorned 
practicality, Behrens’ tubulär Steel chair seems 
almost mannerist. 3 The plywood armchair 
“Draco” by designer Stefan Lindfors, produc- 
ed by the Finnish furniture Company Asko in 
1993, seems to have developed from a com- 
parable design attitude. 
1 Cf. Exhib. Cat. Linz/Salzburg 2010: Tabakfabrik Linz. 
2 Schuldt: Zur Einführung, in: Jan van Geest / Otakar Mäöel, Stühle 
aus Stahl, Cologne 1980, 7-52: 21. 
3 Cf. Exhib. Cat. Vienna 2011: Industriemöbel. 
Armlehnsessel Armchair „Draco“ 
Entwurf Design: Stefan Lindfors, Finnland Finland, 1993 
Ausführung Execution: Asko, Finnland Finland, 1993; Schichtholz, Sperrholz 
Laminate, plywood; MAK H 3965/2019; Schenkung Donation Designmuseo Helsinki 
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