Aeron chair
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The Aeron chair is a product of Herman Miller, designed in 1994 by Don Chadwick and Bill Stumpf. It is an ergonomic chair which is expensive but regarded by many as very comfortable. The chair became a symbol of the rise and fall of the dot-com industry in the late 1990s. However, its breakthrough design has gained it a spot in the New York Museum of Modern Art's permanent collection.
The chair is not upholstered. Instead, the seat and back are made of a semi-transparent and flexible mesh called a pellicle. Another noteworthy feature is that the Aeron is manufactured in three different sizes, A, B and C for Small, Medium and Large respectively.
The initial struggle to find a market for the chair is discussed in Malcolm Gladwell's book Blink.
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[edit] In popular culture
[edit] Television
- In The Simpsons episode "Thank God It's Doomsday", God is depicted at his desk sitting in an Aeron chair.
- In The West Wing, an Aeron chair is frequently seen behind the desk in White House Press Secretary Claudia Jean Cregg's office.
- In the television show 24, all CTU desks are featured with an Aeron chair.
- In the UK television programme Question Time, panelists sit on Aeron chairs.
[edit] Cinema
- In Casino Royale, M (Judy Dench) has an Aeron at her desk and a Barcelona Chair nearby for guests.
- Similarly in Hard Candy, Jeff Kohlver (Patrick Wilson) has an Aeron at his desk and a Barcelona Chair nearby for guests.
