Foster & Partners designed this chair for Emeco, whose proprietary 77-step manufacturing process was developed back in 1944 when they first created chairs for use on submarines and destroyers in WWII.  The Foster & Partners (designers of Swiss Re’s London HQ "gherkin"

building) partnership resulted in this sleek, stylish, seamless, super-strong, stackable chair.  Weighing in at 5 pounds and $400, an enngraved, limited edition run of 500 is now on pre-sale at Design Within Reach.