Rapson Rapid Rocker

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Name
Rapson Rapid Rocker
Designer
Ralph Rapson
Client
Rapson-Inc.
Date
1939/1948/2002/2011
Disciplines
  • Product Design

The original Rapson Rapid Rocker chair was produced by the legendary Knoll furniture company in the 1940s. It has been recently reissued by Rapson-Inc. under the supervision of architect Ralph Rapson, an icon of mid-century modernism in America, before his death in 2008. The organic, fluid lines of its maple plywood frame produce a smooth rocking motion and a refined silhouette. The rocker’s distinctive, cantilevered arms have been widely imitated over the years.