deliberately uncomfortable stainless steel chair turns sitting into social commentary
polished, reflective and resolutely unsympathetic to lounging, the chair turns the simple act of sitting into something rather more loaded.
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polished, reflective and resolutely unsympathetic to lounging, the chair turns the simple act of sitting into something rather more loaded.
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