“The quality of aging gracefully,” Probber once told an interviewer, is “design's fourth dimension.” This quality he realized: Probber furniture is just as useful and alluring now as it was when made - and maybe even more stylish.įind a collection of vintage Harvey Probber side tables, sectional sofas, chairs and other furniture on 1stDibs. In an exclusive interview with Summit OG, CUBOs co-founder and CEO, Earl Forlales, said, ' CUBO is a manufacturer of engineered bamboo house kits. Above all, Probber insisted that the products that came out of his Fall River, Massachusetts, factory be built to last. Enter CUBO Modular, a Filipino company that makes sustainable and affordable homes from engineered bamboo. He gravitated toward bright fabrics with attractive, touchable textures that might be satin-like or nubbly. He preferred simple lines for their inherent practicality, but often used hardware to enliven the look of his pieces, or added elements - such as a ceramic insert in the center of a round dining table - that was visually interesting and could serve as a trivet. Modular furniture remained the core idea of Probber’s business throughout his career.Īs a self-trained designer, Probber was never wed to any particular aesthetic. A lifelong familiarity with the needs of New York–apartment dwellers doubtless sparked his most noteworthy creation: a line of seating pieces in basic geometric shapes - wedges, squares, half-circles - that could be arranged and combined as needed.
He began working as a designer for an upholsterer once he finished high school and, apart from a few evening classes he took as an adult at the Pratt Institute, he was self-taught about design and furniture making.Īfter wartime service - and a stint as a lounge singer - Probber founded his own company in the late 1940s. His designs are by-and-large simple and elegant, but his signal achievement was to pioneer one of the key innovations of mid-20th century furniture: sectional, or modular, seating.Įven as a teenager, the Brooklyn-born Probber was making sketches of furniture designs - and selling them to Manhattan furniture companies. Medida tolerancia 2 1 3 5 4 1 Espesor paredes principales 15.8 0.23 2 Altura Total 55 0.30 3 Ancho Total 20 0.23 4 Profundidad inserto 25 0.23 5 Altura visible en. A popular designer who had his heyday from the late 1940s into the 1970s, Harvey Probber is one of the post-war American creative spirits whose work has been recently rediscovered by collectors. Tiny House In a Box: Cubo Modular House Review Architect Ed 247K subscribers 1.
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