2019.01.31 Apple Chairs

Apple had nice, simple, wooden chairs at Apple Park, so I looked them up: $2,500 each. I found knock-offs for $125 each. I regularly visit the Apple Park, and I've noted that the wooden chairs they use in the Café and Apple Store there are comfortable, solid, simplistic, and a nice aesthetic. So out of curiosity, I looked them up. They're by a designer Naoto Fukasawa, called the Hiroshima Chair, and they're $2,500 each. ℹ️ Info           ~ Aristotle Sabouni Created: 2019-01-31

I regularly visit the Apple Park, and I've noted that the wooden chairs they use in the Café and Apple Store there are comfortable, solid, simplistic, and a nice aesthetic.

So out of curiosity, I looked them up. They're by a designer Naoto Fukasawa, called the Hiroshima Chair, and they're $2,500 each. WTF.

I searched Alibaba, and found knock-offs for $125 each.

I get that a designer needs some money for the time/effort invested (and to subsidize all the designs that didn't make it). But a 20,000% markup seems a wee bit excessive to me. It doesn't really matter, as I'm not buying them. It was just a curiosity thing. But crazy.

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• Hiroshima Chair: http://www.maruni.com/en/product/arm_chair/2955-31/
• https://gearpatrol.com/2017/11/13/apple-park-maruni-hiroshima-chair/
• https://m.alibaba.com/product/60760974682/restaurant-hotel-oak-walnut-wooden-dining.html?subject=restaurant--hotel--oak--walnut--wooden--dining&detailId=60760974682&redirect=1

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