The user on Flickr got back to me:
"Although I am now retired, I was a professor for the previous 20 or so years at the Université de Montréal’s School of Design. Before that, I had an industrial design practice and bought the Ergoform chair for my own use in my office. When I sold my agency and joined the University, I continued to use the seat in my faculty office. Once retired, I donated it to the School’s collection of artifacts designed, for the most part, by industrial designers that graduated from the School. The chair is an exception in that it is the work of Bernard Shalinsky who, in the 70’s, was a professor at the School of Design with a particular interest in ergonomic seating. It began as a research project during his tenure at the School, initially dealing with ergonomic seating for children. He broadened the scope of his investigation to eventually concentrate on task seating. The project took on a life of its own and Bernard Shalinsky left his University job to pursue work on the chair, start a company and manufacture it. It took three years to design and develop (1981 to 1984) and was in production from 1985 to 1991.
The School’s collection is not on show, but could undoubtedly be visited by appointment.
I’ve included two documents with information on both the Ergoform seat and its designer. They are both in French; I don’t have English versions but a Google translation should provide you with the essentials.
You’ll also find three other views of the chair to complement the two on Flickr.
Hope you find all this helpful.
I’ve not visited or uploaded anything to Flickr for ages. I created my own site for my photo work at www.psyon.ca. In searching for other photos of the chair, I was surprised to realize that I had not put any Ergoform pictures on my psyon site. I’ll have to see to it!"
He included 3 more photos from the set that's on Flickr and 2 PDFs, one is the product brochure in French and the other a bio of the designer, also in French.
"Although I am now retired, I was a professor for the previous 20 or so years at the Université de Montréal’s School of Design. Before that, I had an industrial design practice and bought the Ergoform chair for my own use in my office. When I sold my agency and joined the University, I continued to use the seat in my faculty office. Once retired, I donated it to the School’s collection of artifacts designed, for the most part, by industrial designers that graduated from the School. The chair is an exception in that it is the work of Bernard Shalinsky who, in the 70’s, was a professor at the School of Design with a particular interest in ergonomic seating. It began as a research project during his tenure at the School, initially dealing with ergonomic seating for children. He broadened the scope of his investigation to eventually concentrate on task seating. The project took on a life of its own and Bernard Shalinsky left his University job to pursue work on the chair, start a company and manufacture it. It took three years to design and develop (1981 to 1984) and was in production from 1985 to 1991.
The School’s collection is not on show, but could undoubtedly be visited by appointment.
I’ve included two documents with information on both the Ergoform seat and its designer. They are both in French; I don’t have English versions but a Google translation should provide you with the essentials.
You’ll also find three other views of the chair to complement the two on Flickr.
Hope you find all this helpful.
I’ve not visited or uploaded anything to Flickr for ages. I created my own site for my photo work at www.psyon.ca. In searching for other photos of the chair, I was surprised to realize that I had not put any Ergoform pictures on my psyon site. I’ll have to see to it!"
He included 3 more photos from the set that's on Flickr and 2 PDFs, one is the product brochure in French and the other a bio of the designer, also in French.
