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by pjc50 4088 days ago
uncomfortable, angular, fragile, cold, expensive, inhuman

And therefore hugely popular with businesses that embody those qualities.

More seriously, this stuff comes in cycles. In a few years it'll be Shaker chairs or chrome-and-leather or extravagantly coloured or something. Although the cycle is anchored slighly by IKEA, who produce modernish stuff that's cheap, reliable and ubiquitous.