Sit back and watch 2 centuries of chair history in this documentary

Rolf Fehlbaum, Chairman Emeritus of the Vitra design house in the documentary 'Chair Times - A History of Seating - From 1800 to Today'. Photo: Vitra Design Museum

For those of you who may still have some more days to spend at home, the good news is that the Internet still offers plenty of delights to help you pass the time. One of the uncontested jewels in this cultural crown is the documentary Chair Times - A History of Seating - From 1800 to Today, which has recently been posted online by the Vitra Design Museum.

The film charts a course through 125 different chairs from the museum's collection, which are presented in the order of their initial year of production. All of these designs, from the earliest 1807 models by Thonet to the most recent 3D-printed creations, illustrate the development of a discipline, which has continually evolved to adapt to social progress and the introduction of new techniques.