Category: Noguchi coffee table

  • The Eames Lounge Chair is an Artistic Triumph of Both Function and Form

    An etymological study of furniture related language reveals some interesting pieces of trivia. The word chairman came about because only important people, like aristocrats or landed gentry, were privileged enough to have chairs. Everyone else was forced to sit on benches, stools, and even the floor. Another linguistic oddity related to furniture is that the…