Ahrend was founded in 1897 as company in office supplies. In 1934 Ahrend took over De Cirkel, a company making furniture for offices.
After WOII Ahrend De Cirkel employed Friso Kramer. Friso Kramer designed many well known pieces of office furniture for Ahrend De Cirkel as the Revolt chair, the Result chair, the Repose armchair and the Reply drawing table. Another well known designer for Ahrend de Cirkel was Wim Rietveld.
In the 1950s, Ahrend took full advantage of the reconstruction and opened several branches abroad. Interesting product developments arose by attracting designers such as Wim Rietveld in addition to Schrofer.
In the 1980s, the company faced heavy weather and the company’s title deeds were traded several times. But in the 1990s, Ahrend managed to innovate the products by attracting new designers such as Frans de la Haye. Today they mainly focus on the design and production of workplaces.
View some of our products from Ahrend de Cirkel here:
Drafting table Reply – F. Kramer en Wim Rietveld – Ahrend de Cirkel
Article number 7570 In 1963, Friso Kramer and Wim Rietveld designed the “Reply” drafting table for the Dutch manufacturer Ahrend de Cirkel, inspired by the work of Jean Prouvé. This iconic piece of industrial Dutch design is crafted to meet … Continued
Drawing table – Friso Kramer and Wim Rietveld – Ahrend de Cirkel
Article number 7070 Dutch Design, cool industrial drawing table. A timeless design classic. This drawing table is an award-winning design by Wim Rietveld and Friso Kramer for Ahrend de Cirkel in 1959. The table has original gray metal legs, a … Continued
Black Vintage Repose chair – Friso Kramer – Ahrend de Cirkel
Article number 5750 Vintage Repose chair designed by Friso Kramer in 1959 for Ahrend de Cirkel (the Netherlands). Dutch Design avant la lettre and Mid Century Modern Design: the Repose chair was produced in the 60s and 70s. Friso Kramer … Continued
Stool – Friso Kramer – Ahrend de Cirkel
Article number 5766 Two industrial stools designed by Friso Kramer and produced by Ahrend de Cirkel in the 50s. They have a light gray lacquered metal frame with a seat made of birch plywood. And they are in height adjustable … Continued
Repose chair – Friso Kramer – Ahrend de Cirkel
Article number 5751 Two Repose armchairs designed by Friso Kramer – the best Dutch industrial designer. The Repose was designed by Kramer in 1960 and produced by Ahrend De Cirkel in the 60s and 70s. The Repose armchair has a … Continued
Facet table – Friso Kramer – Ahrend
Article number 5530 Facet table designed by Friso Kramer for Ahrend (the Netherlands) in the early 70s. Facet refers to the metal edge under the table top. The base of this table is made of metal, the top of plastic … Continued