Ribbon Chair by Pierre Paulin for Artifort
Designed 1966
In production through Artifort
Pierre Paulin was a French industrial designer, best known for his futuristic chairs for Artifort. Several Pierre Paulin chairs were used in Star Trek, most of them in The Next Generation. Paulin’s first appearance in Star Trek, though, was in The Original Series episode, “The Cloud Minders.” It’s interesting to note, in “The Cloud Minders,” this chair is used to indicate wealth, status, and taste by the higher class of a caste-stratified society. In contrast, the use of Paulin’s furnishings in TNG does the opposite: they offer a glimpse of the comfort and aesthetics attainable and accessible to all Federation citizens in a post-capitalist society based on cooperation and equality.
Used in:
The Original Series
Source: Ex Astris Scientia
