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LIFE chair

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LIFE chair

In 2002 the Wellington furniture firm Formway launched the ergonomic LIFE chair, which won an array of international design awards. It became the office chair of choice for Apple Computer founder Steve Jobs.

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Dowse Art Museum

by Formway Studio

Photograph by Mark Marriott. Object courtesy of Formway Design

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William Cottrell, Furniture – 21st-century developments, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/object/37501/life-chair (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by William Cottrell, published 9 March 2012.