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Geoff Isaac, PhD . Plastics in design specialist and author of Featherston monograph

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Oh chair

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Oh chair-image
Designed by: Rashid K
Co-Designed by: –
Designer: Karim Rashid
Co-Designer: –
Country of Origin (Designer): USA
Date of Design: 1999
Date of Manufacture: 1999
Decade: 1990s
Region: Americas
Significance: Rashid’s attempt to compete with the ubiquitous cheap monobloc
Manufacturer: Umbra
Country of Origin (Manufacturer): Canada
Material: Polypropylene
Process: Injection moulded
Monobloc: No
Cantilever: No
Renewable Carbon: No
ERPR Score: NA
ERPR Rating: NA
Weight: 4.2
Note: Very commercially successful, relatively inexpensive chair featuring a polycarbonate shell. Launched at the same time as Starck’s La Marie and marking a return to interest in plastic seating by mainstream designers absent since the 1970s.
Image Credit: Umbra

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