Chair Raising: The 15 Greatest Chairs Ever Designed

Marvel at the well-designed chair. Whether it’s a mid-century modern icon or a cutting-edge creation, somehow the chair, through an impeccable mélange of practicality and aesthetics, has become the ambassador for the design world as a whole. To quote designer George Nelson, “Every truly original idea — every innovation in design, every new application of materials, every technical invention for furniture — seems to find its most important expression in a