Add Le Corbusier's LC2 (to the eames and barcelona chair) and and you have a few timeless designs, all from mid-century. http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I

Add Le Corbusier's LC2 (to the eames and barcelona chair) and and you have a few timeless designs, all from mid-century. http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41a30HNuKeL.jpg http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41a30HNuKeL.jpg To the people discounting timeless design: yes most of contemporary industrial design is disposable, but some pieces from Braun and Apple will be considered classics.