Chair Museum
The Okamura Museum was established in 2009. Visitors can learn about the technical and technological history of chair making and also the role of plastics in achieving more comfortable chairs based on ergonomics. (For more information, see the January 2013 issue of the PR magazine pla-topia.) http://www.okamura.co.jp/guide/museum/
The Origin of Chairs(1950-1960)
The quantity of plastics used in chairs was still minimal around the 1950s. Looking at the Model 2201, usage was limited to the PVC leather used as the covering for the back and seat surface, the slab urethane foam used in the back and seat cushion material, and the semi-rigid urethane used in the armrest pad.
The Model 2218 debuted in 1958 can be considered to be the origin of office chairs in Japan. Even today, similar chairs are in use.
