Sitting Witty ; When Is a Chair Not a Chair? Corinne Julius Discovers a New Meaning for Sitting Down

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YOU might imagine that the first priority of a chair designer would be to create something really comfortable to sit on, thus conforming to the advertising slogan of a Fifties furniture firm: Sitting is Believing.

But modern furniture designers insist that a chair is something more than a place to take the weight off your feet. Their aim is to take what is perhaps the most taken-for-granted of everyday items, and produce a design icon and a philosophical proving ground.

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Sitting Witty ; When Is a Chair Not a Chair? Corinne Julius Discovers a New Meaning for Sitting Down

Just what this means is on show at SIT?, a new exhibition at the Geffrye Museum. According to Christine Lalumia, the Geffr...

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