Initially designed for the 1948 International Low Cost Furniture Design Competition arranged by the Museum of Modern Art, the Eames side chair was the first industrially-manufactured plastic chair. Motivated by the desire to create a mass amount of furniture to furnish the homes and offices of post-World War II America, Ray and Charles Eames set out to envision a piece which was highly adaptable, long-lasting and modern, and with the Side Chair they certainly achieved this, with the resulting piece being one which we continue to see some 70 years later.
This configuration features a recycled polypropylene chair and a simple metal base with four legs, with the wider Eames collection of shell chairs featuring all manner of alternative seats and bases.
