RESULT CHAIR DESIGN BY
FRISO KRAMER & WIM RIETVELD
HAY WITH AHREND

1959

The Result chair is a 1950s classic designed by Friso Kramer and Wim Rietveld for Ahrend, now produced by HAY.

Made with cut-out sheet steel, Result is adaptable, functional, light and strong. It was designed for use in Dutch schools throughout the 1960s and 1970s, and left a lasting impression on a generation of people. Created to last a long time, you can still find Result chairs produced in the 50s and 60s in use today.

Innovative then and iconic now, the Result chair is an enduring design classic.

Friso Kramer

Friso Kramer was born in Amsterdam in 1922. After graduating in Interior Design from the Institute of Applied Arts in Amsterdam, heworked as a designer from 1948-1963 at De Cirkel, a manufacturer of steel furniture that had merged with the Ahrend group in 1939. He ended up being Art Director of the Ahrend Group from 1971-1983.Notable designs include his two concrete benches with low and high backs designed for public spaces, the Revolt Chair in 1953 and theResult Chair he designed together with Wim Rietveld in 1958.

Alongside his design work Friso Kramer also had many administrative roles in art and design institutions and academies in his homeland and overseas. He alsolectured at the Royal Academy for Fine Arts in The Hague. Together with Ahrend, HAY has reproduced the Result and Revolt Chair.
Portrait image courtesy Ahrend.
Product images courtesy Hay & Ahrend

Wim Rietveld

Dutch-born Wim Rietveld (1924-1985) was an industrial furnituredesigner. He studied Industrial Design at The Hague Academy in1950, before becoming head of design at Gispen in 1953. In 1958,he started working at De Cirkel, a manufacturer of steel furniture thathad merged with the Ahrend group in 1939. Here he met FrisoKramer, and together they developed a number of iconic design collaborations, including the Result Chair in 1958. Rietveld also designed the Pyramid Tables and Chairs for Ahrend in 1960.

Rietveld was known for his functionalist chairs, tables and storage systems, but he also designed agricultural machinery, boats and trains. Alongside his design work, Wim Rietveld also lectured at the Royal Academy and the Technical University in Delft. Together with Ahrend, HAY has reproduced the Result Chair and Pyramid Table series.
Portrait image courtesy Ahrend.
Product images courtesy Hay & Ahrend

“We are mainly known as a company who collaborates with designers from our own time, but for me the link between these products and what we have been doing, is the approach to industrial design they employed to make them. The idea of working with materials and construction in an intelligent and reliable way, creating as much value for clients at a reasonable price; the Result Chair and Pyramid Table were originally about just this.”

Rolf Hay / CEO Hay

“The Result Chair is one of the most famous designs from Friso Kramer and Wim Rietveld. We instantly knew that this collaboration has a unique potential, making these Dutch design icons available again, not only to corporate clients whom we are used to serve,but also to the domestic market around the world. The mutual respect for these eternal designs is the cornerstone of this inspiring venture.”

Eugène Sterken / CEO Ahrend

Original images of the Result chair
from the Ahrend archives

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