Are you sitting comfortably? Modern classic chairs...

1. The Egg Chair - Arne Jacobsen 1958

The original Egg Chair was designed for the interior of the Radisson Blu Royal Hotel in Germany.

2. The Diamond Chair - Harry Bertoia 1950's

Bertoia decided to turn art practical.

3. The Lounge Chair - Charles & Ray Eames 1956

The Lounge Chair was the pinnacle of the mid-century wave of modern chairs.

4. The Eiffel Base Shell Chair - Charles & Ray Eames 1948

The design of this chair is as it says, the base legs reflect the Eiffel Tower & the seat that of a turtle shell! One of my personal favs!! 

5. Shell Rocker Chair - Charles & Ray Eames

As a spin off to the Eiffel Base Shell Chair, the Eames husband and wife team created the Rocker Chair.

6. The Ball Chair - Eero Aarnio 1963                 

The Ball Chair became the most unconventional chair of it's time! 

5 years later Eero Aarnio created the Bubble Chair which was made of clear perspex and suspended by a chain from above. Aarnio said that after he had designed the Ball Chair and sat in it he wanted to have light - and so the clear Bubble Chair was conceived.

7. The Florence Chair - Florence Knoll 1954

Knoll described this chair as a "fill in piece" because of it's clean lined and boxy appearance.

8. LC7 Armchair - Le Corbusier 1928

Le Corbusier was one of the most influential architects of the 20th Century and STILL managed to pull off some of the most iconic furniture designs in history!

9. The Tulip Chair - Eero Saarinen 1956

This chair's ultra modern design made history with its pedestal base as the first one legged chair!! 

AND FINALLY MY PERSONAL FAVOURITE...

10. The Barcelona Chair - Ludwig Mies van der Rohe 1929

Mies van der Rohe designed this chair for his German Pavilion at the Barcelona Exposition of 1929. The Pavilion was the site of the inaugural ceremony for the German exhibits at the exposition, and the Spanish king was to preside. It had to be an "important chair, a very elegant chair," according to the architect. "The government was to receive a king. . . . The chair had to be . . . monumental. In those circumstances, you just couldn't use a kitchen chair."

 Here are some of the best websites to find great replicas of these classic designs...

http://www.retrofurnish.com/
http://www.utilitydesign.co.uk/mall/UtilityDesign/
http://www.made.com/chairs
http://www.cultfurniture.com/