Modern furniture disasters, the LC2 club chair

I can laugh about it now, but at one point in my life when I had more money than sense I was completely obsessed with modern design. The icons of modernity would simplify and enhance my life in ways that ordinary things could not. Afterall, they were designed by people who had a vision of the future. Items of modern design were relatively expensive and this meant I would be getting what I paying for, of course.

Of course. Of course, I was young and naive. The reality is that a great deal of modern design looks cool but is completely overpriced and impractical. Masterful marketing and I fell for it.

This is the Le Corbusier LC2 club chair, I've had one about 6 years now:



I'll leave lessons on Le Corbusier to the historians, so I'll just say that this chair sucks. The height of the back is cripplingly low, the depth of the seat barely supports your legs, I know the welds are going to break eventually because the frame flexes outward too much and the cushions are completely uncomfortable high density foam. Only my shortest guests don't complain about it.

Even Emma looks miserable in it.