office chairs

unknown, Portland OR

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unknown, NW Portland OR

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Jules, Oregon City OR

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Jules found himself disbarred and locked out of the office after it came to light that all of his “Swedish degrees and diplomas” were fabrications as flimsy as pressboard furniture.

unknown, Oregon City OR

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unknown, NW Portland OR

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unknown, F-Sachsenhausen GER

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Frank et al., San Francisco CA

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The first (and last) Annual Bay Area Office Chair Urban Steeplechase ended in tragedy when Frank jumped way shorter than intended at the first fence and the rest of the field simply couldn't stop.

unknown, San Francisco CA

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Max, Frankfurt GER

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In the days leading up to the office party Max used every chance to practice his limbo dance moves. This year he would prevail.

Elon, La Jolla CA

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Questioned later by fire department investigators, Elon would admit that it was a mistake to leave the extinguisher behind, when he went forth with his experiments to electrify and become the world's fastest office chair.

unknown, Kauai HI

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unknown, Frankfurt GER

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unknown, F-Niederrad GER

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unknown, F-Sachsenhausen GER

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Runaway Chairs
A photographic long-term study of the motivations, behaviors and fates of seating furniture trying to make it out in the world. All chairs participated voluntarily and were not coerced or pushed into a certain position. Not all the chairs wished to share their stories. For the ones who did: The views expressed in the captions do not neccessarily reflect those of 36views.cam. Should this site generate any profits, those will – of course – go to chairity.