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Robert Kaiser

Robert Kaiser was born in Detroit in 1925 and studied at the
Institute of Design at the Illinois Institute of Technology. He
came to Canada in 1950. Initially working as a retail store
designer, for Cameron McIndoo and Kinsella Design, Bob is
best known for his furniture design. In 1956, he won a
National Industrial Design Council (Canada) Award for
Occational Chair for Primavera. This walnut chair was
upholstered with beige and brown handwoven wool with black
steel cross structure. The chair was also included in the
Canadian exhibit at the 1957 Milan Triennale. He taught at
the Ontario College of Art and at Ryerson Polytechnical
Institute.