Retail Therapy from MoMA
If you can't get enough of design history's classics, then you're in luck: MoMA just added re-issues of six iconic pieces from their permanent collection to their store. The pieces are discounted for museum members, so now's as good of a time as any to take one of these home (and renew your membership, too). I'm eyeing the Mezzadro Seat (and the Eames DCM, and the Aalto stool...), but there's plenty more to be had in their store.
Left: Series 7 chair. Arne Jacobsen (1955). $500.
Right: Barcelona chair/ Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1929). $5,365.
Left: Sacco chair. Piero Gatti, Cesare Paolini, and Franco Teodoro (1968). $520.
Right: Wasilly chair. Marcel Breuer (1925). $2,515.
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These are great! Chair design has always fascinated me. We've come so far from the first chair...probably a rock or piece of log, but we keep finding interesting ways to support the human body.
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