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These Iconic Chairs Are Every Industrial Designer’s Dream

by . September 30th, 2015

Every designer has their favorite chair. Like fonts, the debates on which combinations of form and function are best never end.

Which is funny, given that chairs can actually shorten your life over time. In any case, many specific types of chairs persist for one reason or another. Unfortunately for many, you can’t just normally download the chairs you like the best for free. But hey, you can dream!

Houseit.com presents some of the most popular chairs of the past 100 years, most of which you can probably still easily find. Which ones are your favorites?

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If you can’t find the chair you want, you at least owe it to yourself to find one that keeps you from getting repetitive stress injuries.

 

What are you sitting on? Comment below!

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Arthur Piccio manages YouTheEntrepreneur and has managed content for major players in the online printing industry. He was previously BizSugar's contributor of the week. His work has appeared multiple times on The New York Times' You're the Boss Small Business Blog. He enjoys guitar maintenance and reading up on history and psychology in his spare time.