designed by Thomas Feichtner in 2009, manufactured by Schinko, Austria, folded, welded and polished stainless steel, signed and dated Thomas Feichtner 2009, height 70 cm, width 85 cm, depth 64 cm.(DR) A one-off-piece that did not go into series production. Provenance: Thomas Feichtner Studio, Vienna. Exhibited: Surprising Ingenuity "“ Austrian Design, Salone Internazionale del Mobile, Fabrica Bugatti, Milan 2010 - Spot on Wien, 100 % Design Tokyo, Flashing Austrian Design and Music, Tokyo 2009 - Off the record, Salone Internazionale del Mobile, O Artoteca, Milan 2009 - Pixel Hotel "“ A Project for Linz 2009, European Capital of Culture, Linz 2009. Lit.: P. Noever, S. Moreno, L. Hollein, B. E. Bürdek, M. Hausenblas, Thomas Feichtner. Edge to Edge, Basel 2010, p. 170"“75 "“ S. Prammer, D. Freudenthaler, Design Jungle, Linz 2009, p. 40 "“ R. Klanten, S. Ehmann, A. Kupetz, S. Moreno, Once Upon a Chair. Design Beyond the Icon, Berlin 2009, p. 257 "“ A. Fredes, J. Taubinger, Spot on Wien. Flashing Austrian Design and Music, 2009, p. 80. This chair is named after the Pixel Hotel, an architectural project for Linz 09 "“ European Capital of Culture 2009, for which Thomas Feichtner designed a temporary hotel room in the facilities of a contemporary art gallery. The Pixel Chair, a folded object, was part of the installation and was first presented in January 2009. Similar to the treatment of metal sheet for car bodies, it is exclusively the manner of folding that reinforces the entire construction. The resting parts result from the form of the legs and vice versa. In terms of form and statics, the Pixel Chair is a consistent and logical construction. Each part of the metal sheet structure performs a load-bearing function. The chair was hand-folded from stainless steel sheet, welded, and polished. The sophisticated piece was produced by Schinko, a design-oriented company, as a unique item. Since its foundation, the Austrian manufacturer of switchboards and metal cases has relied on the collaboration with well-known design offices and has been awarded numerous design prizes. This was for the first time that the company, which normally manufactures its products in series, concentrated its expertise on the production of a single object.