Vitra Occasional LTR Bedside Table Oak/Chrome

Design: Charles & Ray Eames, 1950

Concept: Vitras Occasional LTR bedside table is a small, elegant and versatile table designed by Charles and Ray Eames in 1950. The name LTR comes from the words Low Table Rod, which sums up its structure and size well. Occasional LTR can be used as a small side table or bedside table, and with its small size will bring finesse and level of detail to the room. The bedside table can be used on its own or put together in a group of several tables and is available with chromed or black powder-coated steel wire as a frame and with many different table tops that differ in both colors and materials.

About the designers: The couple Charles Ormond Eames Jr. (1907-1978) and Bernice Alexandra "Ray" Eames, born Kaiser, (1912-1988) were American designers. With each their background within resp. industrial furniture design (Charles) and art (Ray) they met in 1940 at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Detroit. In 1941, they married and began experimenting with three-dimensional molded plywood, with the goal of producing affordable and comfortable chairs. Due to World War II, their experimental work was interrupted and only resumed in 1946, when they presented an exhibition of their furniture designs at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York. Then it picked up speed. They entered into an agreement with The Herman Miller Company, which began producing their furniture. In 1957, Vitra entered into a licensing agreement with Herman Miller and began production of Charles and Ray Eames' designs for Europe and the Middle East. It was the start of Vitra's furniture production, which is why the Eames couple has had a large influence on Vitra as a design company and their values and goals permeate even Vitra to this day.