You remember these don't you? At school, in the village hall. Everywhere. Developed in 1962 by the designer Robin Day, the polypropylene chair was an immediate success, has sold about 14 million world wide and is still made at the rate of 500,000 a year by Hille.

This is one of the most affordable design classics going. Also one of the toughest; light though it is this polypropylene chair can usually be flung around school halls for 10 years or more before fatigue sets in.


Hugh Pearman
The Sunday Times