Poul Henningsen Quote

By making this chair five times as expensive, three times heavier, half as comfortable, and only a fraction as beautiful, an architect can make a good name for himself.

Poul Henningsen

cited in: Eric Reiss (2012), Usable Usability: Simple Steps for Making Stuff Better, p. 17: About the iconic Bentwood chair from Thonet.

$By making this chair five times as expensive, three times heavier, half as comfortable, and only a fraction as beautiful, an architect can make a...$

$By making this chair five times as expensive, three times heavier, half as comfortable, and only a fraction as beautiful, an architect can make a...$

$By making this chair five times as expensive, three times heavier, half as comfortable, and only a fraction as beautiful, an architect can make a...$

$By making this chair five times as expensive, three times heavier, half as comfortable, and only a fraction as beautiful, an architect can make a...$