On cue, when many of us could do with a bit of optimism, Knoll today announces the reissue of its office chair by Morrison Hannah from 1973. Though we shudder a little when people anthropomorphise their furniture, there’s no denying this chair has a sunny disposition and, quite frankly, we’ll take any cheer on offer right now. The office smiler was originally launched with easy in mind under the seductive tagline: ‘Easy to manufacture, easy to reupholster, easy to live with and easy to love.’ Fifty years later, the statement still stands.
‘I’ve been on a crusade to create as much softness in the world as I can’
Bruce Hannah
