Tuesday, October 24, 2023

Commercially Available Chairs in Star Trek #StarTrek

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It feels like Sci-Fi props are generally so ‘out there’ that they must be specially made props. Well, usually that is not the case. Set designers are able to get some pretty futuristic chairs right off the shelf.

The site Ex Astris Scientia has a whole running database of the chairs used in Star Trek. Some are surprisingly basic…but not all. There are currently 163 chairs listed.

If you want to help track down others you can checkout the unidentified chairs section

Countless off-the-shelf office chairs, lounge chairs or car seats appeared in Star Trek productions. Here is a list of the models that we found, among them many design classics

See more! h/t Design Taxi

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