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This undated image provided by Studio Kukkapuro shows Yrjö Kukkapuro, a renowned Finnish furniture designer whose postmodern style of chairs graced waiting rooms and museums alike, sitting in his famous Experimental chair in his studio outside Helsinki.
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The renowned designer’s postmodern style of chairs graced waiting rooms, offices and living rooms across Finland, as well as collections in New York’s Museum of Modern Art and London’s Victoria and Albert Museum.

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