Wall Street Journal Off Duty - “5 Overexposed ‘It’ Chairs - and What to Buy Instead”

IT’S HARD TO RESIST famous furniture. Such pieces radiate cachet. Museums house them, coffee-table books document them, pretty much everyone acknowledges their beauty. “There is something inspiring and fun about being able to experience pieces that are equal parts function and sculpture,” said Maria Gossett of Pixel Design Collaborative, in Decatur, Ga. The downside: Their universal appeal can lead to numbing ubiquity.