An accent chair is just that — an object of furniture that adds an extra element of architectural interest to a room while still retaining its primary function of providing seating. With thousands of ...

Ours is a design-conscious age, with furniture as with everything else. Hear names like "Eames," "Barcelona" or even "beanbag," and you probably know that chairs--specifically, famous chairs of the ...

A new exhibition celebrates the “King of Chairs” on the centennial of his birth. “If only you could design just one good chair in your life,” famed Danish designer Hans Wegner was quoted as saying in ...

Fortunately for us, they're not all that functional. How Hans Wegner Redesigned The Chair 500 Times A new exhibition celebrates the "King of Chairs" on the centennial of his birth. This Is The Playboy ...

How Vari designs furniture that supports movement throughout the workday ...

A pair of iconic Barcelona Chairs, designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe around 1929, at the Toronto-Dominion Centre in Canada. Courtesy of jmv/Flickr Roman Mars’ podcast 99% Invisible covers design ...

Who Makes the Most Iconic Chairs? Just as in the world of fashion, the makers of the most iconic types of chairs are varied. There are designers like Carl Hansen and Alvar Aalto, and even uncredited, ...

Time has been kind to New York’s Guggenheim. Today, it’s considered Frank Lloyd Wright’s crowning statement and an unequivocal masterpiece of modern architecture, but upon opening in 1959, its ...

For the past six years, Julie and Jeff Hinkel, owners of Voltage Furniture, have shown the work of Associate Professor Emeritus Tony Kawanari’s students in the University of Cincinnati’s College of ...

Finding your dream sofa (or chair) is much easier said than done - especially if you're unable to view it in person before making your big purchase. That's where our Personal Shopper series comes in.

BYU's Futuristic Folding Chair. Video produced by BYU Video. A futuristic BYU-designed, origami-inspired Flex Chair, cut out of a single piece of flat material and folded into shape, has made YouTuber ...

Williams Sonoma's Santa Barbara club chair is tall enough to use for dining but large enough to recline and lounge in, too. It's an all-purpose outdoor chair and is essentially indestructible. The ...