620 Chair Programme
Start with an armchair...
...and take a seat
Dieter Rams designed the 620 Chair Programme as a modular kit of parts. Separate chairs can become a sofa; a low back can be changed for a high back; and a swivel base can replace castors and feet.
Rams speaks of “wanting to achieve the comfort of a classic armchair while remaining visually light”.
Low or high back?
Your modular armchairs and sofas are available with interchangeable low or high backs. The choice is yours.
Linen or Leather?
Whether you choose the robust softness of linen or the durable patina of leather, the true delight of the 620 comes when you take a seat.
Both are natural materials, one being the woven product of zero-waste agriculture, the other being an ancient example of the use of a by-product. They are available in a limited colour palette to ensure certainty of future supply.
All upholstery can be swapped or replaced without needing to return chairs to Vitsœ. Our reupholstery service ensures longevity … and peace of mind.
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Swivel, or feet and castors?
The reassuring swoosh of the swivel base is a delight to experience. It will make you smile – while allowing your conversation to flow from chair to chair.
With feet and castors the 620 chairs can be easily relocated: castors at the front, and feet (for hard or soft floors) at the back. Just lift the back to move. Simple.
Add a footstool
Made with the same coil-sprung interior as the chair, the footstool adds to the comfort – either for feet or unexpected visitors.
Your kit of parts
Our customers tell us there is a certain quiet joy to assembling their chair. Hopefully you will share this while becoming aware of how simply your chair can be adapted and added to over the years. All achieved using one simple tool.
Built to last
Your 620 is a comfortable, modern chair, built to last a lifetime and more. The highest-quality materials – many hidden from view – are used throughout to achieve a degree of satisfaction that often surprises the first-time sitter.
Your 620 is a comfortable, modern chair, built to last a lifetime and more. The highest-quality materials – many hidden from view – are used throughout to achieve a degree of satisfaction that often surprises the first-time sitter.
What our customers say
“How delighted we are with the glorious Dieter Rams chair. Now that I have ‘parked’ myself in it for the last couple of days, I can write you with genuine experience that the chair is as comfortable as it is beautiful.”
Rich heritage
Dieter Rams was 30-years-old when he designed the 620 Chair Programme for Vitsœ in 1962. Using pioneering materials and a concept of modular adaptability, Rams created a chair engineered to outlive its owner.
Just seven years after it first appeared on the market, 620 was copied. Legal action commenced, and in 1973 the 620 Chair Programme was granted copyright protection. The court substantiated: “The design of this chair is a personal, original creation of highly aesthetic value.”
60 years of a remarkable chair
Hidden engineering
Vitsœ, together with Dieter Rams, completely re-engineered the 620 Chair Programme in 2013, right down to the last purpose-designed stainless-steel bolt. The result is an armchair that was refined and improved at the most detailed level to ensure its longevity for generations to come.
Discover more“...620 can safely be considered one of the few major furniture designs of the century, alongside those of Breuer, Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier, Aalto and Saarinen”
Dr Hans Wichmann, 1971Why 620?
The signs are all around us. Nature is showing its contempt for our disrespectful, disposable way of life. Increasingly we have a responsibility to buy fewer items of better quality – and to make them last longer. Ideally we should buy them directly from the makers, where we are sure of the provenance – and the value-for-money. The 620 chair represents the pinnacle of Vitsœ’s six-decade determination to make, sell and support its products for the benefit of customers, suppliers, employees … and the planet on which we all live.
Our ethosExplore the options
What appears to be a handsome solitary armchair turns out to be a chair programme with multifarious possibilities.
