Ball chair by Eero Aarnio

The Ball Chair by Eero Aarnio was designed in 1963 and presented in 1966 at the International Furniture Fair in Cologne. The chair is one of the most well known classics of Finnish design and Aarnio’s international breakthrough. The round shell is simple yet ingenious, and has often been referred to as a “room in a room”.

The Ball Chair can be found in the collections of design museums around the world as well as in several movies and music videos including Dazed and Confused (1993), The Prisoner TV series (1967-1968), Tommy (1975), and Mars Attacks! (1996).