After completing his design studies in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, Ivicevic emigrated to the United States. In 1982, he opened a design office in New York. He went on to earn his master’s degree in industrial design from Ohio State University.1
After the introduction of the Bulldog chair, two other office chairs were in development at Knoll in the early 1990s. These included the stylish SoHo Chair by from the Lucci-Orlandi Design team, and a more conventional appearance chair from Dragomir Ivicevic. The Parachute chair was offered in a one-piece upholstered shell and two-piece shell with upholstered seat and back; the back was naturally adjustable. The chair could be ordered with fixed or adjustable arms. There was also a side chair steel tube sled base.2
The Parachute chair was introduced by Knoll between late 1993 and early 1994 and remained in production for over a decade.3 The Parachute Chair is sometimes overlooked as a potential collectible among Knoll’s task chairs from the 1990s. Examples can still be found in the used office furniture marketplace.
1. “1993 Person: Dragomir Ivicevic.” https://www.knoll.com/the-archive/.
2. Nancy N. Schiffer, Knoll Home & Office Furniture. (Atglen: Schiffer Publishing Ltd, 2006), 76.
3. “1993 Product: The Parachute Chair.” https://www.knoll.com/the-archive/.