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Philip Orenstein
Born	1938 France
Nationality	American
Employer	Rutgers
Known for	Inflatable Furniture
Website	philiporenstein.net/philiporenstein.net/

Philip Orenstein is a visual artist living in New Jersey, USA.

Orenstein is know for creating the first inflatable furniture. In 1966 he created Mass Art Inc. in partnership with Sujan Souri, Dorian Godoy, and Waldo Díaz-Balart. The company manufactured the first inflatable chair designed by Orenstein which is now included in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

References

Greenberg, Cara. Op to Pop: Furniture of the 1960s. Boston: Bullfinch Press, 1999. Pp. 162-164.

External Links

http://arcade.nyarc.org:80/record=b569804~S8

http://www.google.com/patents/US3499682

http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/210019155

http://www.nytimes.com/1999/02/21/nyregion/art-review-grappling-with-the-effects-of-the-century-s-greatest-evil.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm

http://books.google.com/books?id=pGzZYJd4BmwC&pg=PT139&lpg=PT139&dq=%22Philip+Orenstein%22+AND+sculpture&source=bl&ots=LfnpAVveHL&sig=PibKgFqao85m7iCYYlaBOM8QWHM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=z4s0T4yFL-Ps2QXyu-yeAg&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22Philip%20Orenstein%22%20AND%20sculpture&f=false

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