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In defence of the second-best chair
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In defence of the second-best chair

The most comfortable seat in the house is rarely the one a designer would choose.

Tomas LindqvistTomas Lindqvist
Sep 11, 2026
1 min read
The last honest button
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The last honest button

On the quiet disappearance of things you could press, and what replaced them.

Tomas LindqvistTomas Lindqvist
Sep 1, 2026
1 min read