Word: backrest
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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George W. Bush knows the question is coming. He is sitting in the back of a silver Ford Windstar minivan, his compact frame unfurled across the bench seat, his left arm slung across the backrest. He appears completely relaxed, but when the question arrives--the one about whether he has the intellectual wherewithal to be President and whether it bothers him that this issue keeps being raised in the campaign--his body tenses. He turns his face forward, his eyes narrow, and he gazes out the windshield at the long road ahead. "You know," Bush says, his voice tinny...
...tapped the Mather aesthetic, this time with a single element--a couch. The three-pieced mass of red crushed-velvet stretches along two walls of the suite. But the brilliance of this couch does not come from its titanic size. Instead, small liquor cabinets, discretely hidden in the backrest, have generated the couch's fame among students. One compartment in the center even has a section that rotates around to reveal its contents. From an interior design perspective, this hipster davenport virtually eliminates any need for further decor. In fact, the reversible cushions with velvety red on one side...
...tough on the tush. Now comes the Perry chair, whose makers claim comfort need no longer be sacrificed for convenience. Created by sculptor, architect and designer Charles Perry, the chair has a single-piece steel frame that flexes backward and forward, while its polypropylene seat hangs from the lower backrest so the sitter's weight counterbalances the tilting pressure on the upper backrest. Result: a user-friendly seat that can be stacked 25 high...