Navy Chair (Emeco 1006 Chair)


Ship's ahoy. Emeco has been making their aluminum Navy Chairs using a unique 77-step process since 1944. Given the 150-year warranty, chairs produced for battle in WWII are still under warranty today. That's shelf life. As a plus, the chairs are beautiful -- simple, clean, and three-times the strength of steel. Use four as dining chairs next to a dark wooden table or add a polished one to your livingroom for some punch. Either way they will add an industrial element to your apartment. Price: $385 - 475

OFFI Skool Chair


A gentle rill splashes through the emerald glade, where slender legs lead upward from the lawn to delicate curved backs. The poised, veneered creatures browse gracefully, sometimes stretching their necks into the dappled sunlight. It somehow doesn't seem remarkable that they don't really have heads: they look like a herd of Superflat deer, paused for a moment before they spring back into the woods. They also look like they've been designed as comfortable, witty chairs--and so they have. Price: $189