Here Are the Seven Chairs That Changed the World

Noted design writer Witold Rybczynski looks at the most important chairs in the history of seating. Spoiler alert: six of them are made of wood. It may not be the most chart topping ranking out there but to those who make and sell them—not to mention the people and companies that supply the raw materials […]

A 90-Year-Old Furniture Icon Has a Big Problem

The Alvar Aalto design Stool 60 is one of the most iconic pieces of wooden furniture ever designed but it’s running out of one thing. Back when famed furniture designer Alvar Aalto created his three-legged bentwood chair, Stool 60, 90 years ago it would have been hard to believe its manufacturer would be facing a […]

Making Modernica’s Sublimely Beautiful Alpine Chair

California furniture maker Modernica’s mix of artful technical design, wood machining, and hand craftsmanship is captured in its Alpine chair, in walnut, ash, or rosewood veneer.