Poäng

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The Poäng (Swedish pronunciation: [pʊˈɛ̂ŋ] , lit. 'point, argument, punch-line') is a wooden cantilever armchair that has been sold by the Swedish furniture retailer IKEA since 1992. As of 2016, IKEA sold about one-and-a-half million Poängs annually, and had produced a total of 30 million. Japanese designer Noboru Nakamura created the original chair, then called the "Poem", in 1975 in collaboration with product manager Lars Engman, who later headed up the IKEA design team. The design of both the Poem and Poäng chairs resemble that of the 'Armchair 406', created by the Finnish designer Alvar Aalto in 1939, as well as the 'Pernilla' armchair designed by Swedish architect Bruno Mathsson in 1944. The IKEA chair features thin upholstery instead of the 406's webbed seat. Its molded plywood frame swings slightly when a person sits in it, giving the impression of a rocking chair; Nakamura intended this to evoke a relaxing feeling. The chair was first launched in 1976 under the name "Poem". Since...

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