Hearing that tubular steel is “bent like macaroni” to make bicycle frames inspired him to work with the material. “I was very much engaged in the transparency of the form,” said Breuer. Recognizing the potential of this lightweight, sturdy, malleable material, he knew he could create the furniture he envisioned. An early prototype intrigued his associate Wassily Kandinsky, and now the chair bears his name. The frame, an original Marcel Breuer design, displays the Knoll logo and designer signature, ensuring lifetime authentication. In 1925, Marcel Breuer was an apprentice at the Bauhaus when he reduced the classic club chair to its elemental lines and forever altered the future of furniture design.

The 2024 introductions of ultra-matte dark red, onyx, and white reframe the iconic form of this Bauhaus-era chair