It has been my guiding principle, to simplify until everything is eliminated except the necessary.
Hugh Acton
Hugh Acton 1925–2018
Hugh Acton was an artist and designer, based primarily in Kalamazoo, Michigan, working in a style that blended the best of the American craft tradition and Scandinavian mid-century design. He is most known for his pioneering Acton Stacker (the first stackable chair with arms) and his epochal wood and metal slat bench.
Acton was born in 1925 in Kansas City, Missouri and soon after adopted by a family who owned a farm and ranch in Scottsbluff, Nebraska. From a young age, he showed a penchant for building things and his time spent on the farm would influence his design ethos of simplicity in form and material.
Auction Results Hugh Acton
sofa
estimate: $5,000–7,000
result: $5,313
Executive lounge chair
estimate: $1,500–2,000
result: $3,810
prototype bench
estimate: $2,000–3,000
result: $3,500
Suspended Beam bench
estimate: $2,000–3,000
result: $3,240
collection of seven AMV Planters
estimate: $700–900
result: $2,750
bench
estimate: $1,000–1,500
result: $2,375
armchairs, pair
estimate: $1,000–1,500
result: $2,280
bench
estimate: $1,000–1,500
result: $2,250
