Hacker News Reader

Comment by telesilla | Hacker News Reader

Is this U.S. specific? I've never come across it (though it seems like something I might have seen in a café in north america). The monobloc I've seen in every continent except Antartica - as I've not been, but I'm sure there is someone here who could attest that they've sat on one there.

View on HN

It's a hipster thing.

As a lifelong US resident I've seen those no more than a handful of times, always at hipster bars or restaurants.

> As a lifelong US resident

how old are you?

in my recollection, the old/original ones were around alot kind of everywhere (watch 60s movies with office/interior scenes, etc, though i'm younger than that), gradually fading away, and then the new ones came back on the scene ~10y ago (and yes, now very often at hipster sorts of places)

In my 30s here, so past the heyday. I have lived in several regions of the US and traveled to the rest - these aren't very common.

More than a million produced as of 2012. Compare volume to the Monobloc chair, with over a billion out there.

Anything produced in million-up quantities can be said to be successful, but some are more successful than others!

These types of chairs are basically everywhere in Austin, TX. I actually sat on one earlier today at a cafe. (Probably was a knockoff as it had 4 vertical struts.)

Like TylerE, as a lifelong US resident I am totally unfamiliar with this "iconic" yet unheard-of chair. You see monoblocs all over.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com