The Chair Politic
New Yorkers are rumbling about the traffic and the disruptions with President Obama in town to speak to the General Assembly at the United Nations this week. Chair Chick has news of something that's working as it should, which we'd like to think will offset the gridlock that's likely going on a few miles away (but of course it won't)! It's the result of a collaboration between the architectural firm HLW, the German manufacturer KFF, and M2L, the triad teaming up to outfit the entire General Assembly Hall with custom seating. Each communications bench features a cluster of four KFF Unit chairs attached to a custom-made beam designed for Bosch technology, which allows representatives to easily plug in and hear the interpreter. What's also incredible is the quick turn around: it only took four weeks from drawing to mock-up. Wait: just four weeks from drawing to mock-up? Are we talking furniture here? It has taken longer than that for Muammar Gaddafi to regale the group of global leaders with some of his speeches!


