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History of a chair

The design history

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A seat, esp. for one person, usually having four legs for support and a rest for the back and often having rests for the arms.

Something that serves as a chair or supports like a chair: The two men clasped hands to make a chair for their injured companion.

A seat of office or authority.

A position of an authority, as of a judge, professor, etc.

The person occupying a seat of office, esp. the chairperson of a meeting: The speaker addressed the chair.

(in an orchestra) the position of a player, assigned by rank; desk: first clarinet chair.

For us the chair- is :

a piece of seating furniture of certain quality and simplicity an article of ordinary use.

chairs have symbolized the life and times of a designers and consumers. An item of historical context such as: What was important at the time? Who were they made for? What material and style was used

and why.

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For designers to design a chair it involves:

engineering material choice production method Choice of a style FunctionalityAll joined in one small package.   

The first mass produced Thonet No. 14 chair in the 1850s

B3 (Wassily) chair designed by Marcel Breuer

Breuer found his inspiration for the chair in the bent form of a bicycle handlebar.

Jasper Morrison's Air Chair using gas injection Morrison also was a pioneer in using gas-

injection technology for furniture

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