Industrial equipment - Germany - Swing wagon VW Beetle

- status: this is an original old specimen with wooden wheels and rubber tires, in good condition with a few small blemishes on the seat, see photos. There are also light signs of wear. The axles show a light patina, which I left as-is because it testifies to its authenticity

Hans Brockhage (1925–2009) was a German designer, artist and woodworker.

During his studies at the Kunsthochschule in Dresden (after WWII) he worked under the guidance of Mart Stam.

In 1950 he designed the first children's design that made him world-famous: a reversible “swing-wagon / push-wagon / rocking chair” for children.

It was originally designed in 1950 — not as a classic rocking chair, but as a flexible multifunctional children's object that could be a swing (wagon) as well as a push-wagon depending on how you placed it.

Material: curved beech wood / beech bug-hout + plywood/seating, wheels with rubber (on the mobility version) according to later productions.

Dimensions (for an original version): approximately 38 × 99 × 38 cm.

Thanks to its clever design this wagon was awarded the Spiel gut prize in 1956 — an acknowledgment of particularly good toy/design.