Don Chadwick
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Donald "Don" T. Chadwick[1] (born 1936) is an American industrial designer specializing in office seating.
He was born in Los Angeles and developed an interest in furniture making from his grandfather, a cabinetmaker.[2] He studied design at the University of California, Los Angeles.[3]
Career
He worked for architect Victor Gruen, and in 1964 founded his own practice. As a young designer Chadwick gained recognition for his entries in the Pasadena Art Museum's California Design exhibitions.[4] His 1968 prototype for cardboard furniture predates the easy edges cardboard furniture by Frank Gehry.[4] He also experimented with industrial processes such as rotational moulding.[5] He has designed the Chadwick modular seating system (1974) and, in cooperation with Bill Stumpf, the Equa 1 (1984) and the Aeron chair (1994), all for Herman Miller.[3][6] Among his recent designs is the Chadwick chair and Spark chair for Knoll, and Ballo for Human Scale.
