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The OTI chair, designed by Niels Gammelgaard in 1986 for IKEA, stands out for its lacquered steel structure, which draws an almost sculptural geometry in space, evoking the shape of a diamond resting on a triangular base.
With generous volumes and a distinctive construction, the piece belongs to a period when IKEA still explored more formal freedom in its design approach, before the strong focus on logistical optimization that would later define the brand in subsequent decades. In this context, the OTI emerges as a more expressive and experimental object within the industrial furniture universe.
Several renowned designers collaborated with IKEA particularly between the 1960s and 1980s, a period in which the brand was still establishing itself as a field of experimentation for contemporary Scandinavian design.
Accompanied by its original cushion.
Dimensions: L94cm x W102cm x H80cm
Niels Gammelgaard (1944)
Niels Gammelgaard is a Danish industrial designer whose work is rooted in the most rigorous tradition of Scandinavian design: functional, refined, and deeply attentive to the constructive logic of objects.
His language emerges from engineering applied to everyday life, where each formal decision seems driven less by stylistic expression and more by clear structural necessity. Throughout his career, he has developed pieces that embody the idea that design can be reduced to its essentials without losing presence—on the contrary, gaining strength precisely through the economy of means.
His collaborations with IKEA marked a generation of accessible furniture defined by a light and intelligent aesthetic, in which structure often becomes the design itself. In parallel, his work with Bang & Olufsen extended this same formal discipline into the world of electronic objects, always guided by the intention to eliminate visual noise and let function organize form.
What distinguishes Gammelgaard is not the pursuit of impact, but of clarity. His pieces do not demand immediate attention—they endure over time, through use and coherence.