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The Monobloc chair: A single Monobloc plastic chair can be manufactured in less than two minutes using injection molding.
A piece of furniture that is sold in unassembled pieces packaged in a flat box. In 1956, Gillis Lundgren sawed the legs off an IKEA table to fit it inside his car.
Which manufacturing process allows a Monobloc chair to be made in under two minutes?
What inspired Marcel Breuer to use tubular steel for the famous Wassily Chair in 1925?
Who invented flat-pack furniture in 1956 after struggling to fit a table into his car?
Which German design school pioneered the use of industrial materials like steel tubing in home furniture?
Which classic French royal furniture style inspired Philippe Starck's transparent Louis Ghost chair?