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23 Best Safari Chair Picks for Your Inner Adventurer

By Elissa Suh

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Born from both adventure and practicality, the safari chair has transcended its 18th-century origins being lugged around the great outdoors to become a beloved icon of design. From luxurious leather to sleek modern lines, we’ve curated a collection of the best safari chairs and hunting-inspired chairs available today. Whether you're looking for a statement piece or a comfortable spot to unwind, high-quality leather or canvas options, these chairs will bring a dash of exotic allure to any space.

Historically safari chairs were thought of as portable, collapsible chairs designed for the outdoors . They were meant to provide comfortable seating in rugged environments while being easy to tote around, with lightweight frames you could take apart. Kaare Klint is usually cited as the creator of the modern safari chair, based off British military designs (like the  Roorkee chair), and played an instrumental role in refining and popularizing its design. Eventually the look of the safari chair—along with its brethren, the hunting chair—evolved over time with various designers adding their own creative twists to the original.

Classic safari and hunting chairs

Modern safari and hunting-influenced chairs, vegan safari chairs, safari-inspired sling chairs.

Kaare Klint KK47000 Safari Chair

Danish Design Store

Kaare Klint, the father of Danish modern design, originated this chair and a matching ottoman in 1933, adding buckled belts for extra support. Made of oiled white ash, this classic piece of furniture embodies a sense of adventure and sophistication.

BM 1106 Huntsman Chair for Carl Hansen & Son

Design Within Reach

Børge Mogensen was mentored by Kaare Klint, and his influence can be seen here in another version of a safari chair with a solid frame, made nearly two decades after the initial design. This chair has a slightly higher seat height so it would also make a compelling dining chair.

Arne Norell Sirocco Safari Chair

Norell Furniture

While Swedish designer Arne Norell ’s originals are readily available on vintage furniture retailers like Chairish and 1stDibs, you can also buy them new in a variety of leather colors (including midcentury avocado green) and an ash, wood, or teak frame.

OGK Safari Chair

Finnish Design Shop

Pack up this easy-to-assemble beechwood chair in a linen bag for your next picnic. The sisal ropes twisted across the legs add a touch of both functionality and beauty to the timeless. For outdoor enthusiasts, there’s a matching portable daybed.

Borge Mogensen Hunting Chair

Sink into this hunting chair and its sharply sloped seat and you’ll never want to leave. It’s a knockout piece of decor that’ll get better with age.

Klassik Studio Hunting Chair

Designed by Kurt Østervig in 1960, this sturdy, functional chair has a slight recline and would look perfect in your den. The thick, blocky arms are wide enough to comfortably rest your mug or teacup.  

Anthropologie Stanton Chair

Anthropologie

In this updated safari chair, the leather arm slings are decorated with brass studs. The feather-blend cushions add an extra level of comfort—and they’re removable, so you get two looks for the price of one. 

Anthropologie Sherpa Stanton Chair

Anthro Home also makes another version of the Stanton chair with sherpa upholstery for an extra dose of cozy.

Jenni Kaye Leather Safari Chair

Jenni Kayne

A flawless example of modern vintage, this safari chair from Jenni Kayne boasts a neatly streamlined design that will help keep your space airy and serene.

CB2 Anacapa Saddle Leather Lounge Chair

Created in an exclusive collaboration with California design firm Lawson-Fennig , this lounge chair looks good from any angle. With wiry metal arms, wooden blocks, and a woven back crafted from Danish paper, it’s a successful mishmash of contrasting styles. 

Joss & Main Tesso Leather Armchair

Joss & Main

The white leather on this chair provides a stylish pop of color and would fit right at home in a Nancy Meyers’ film, Gwyneth Paltrow’s summer home, and your apartment.

Room & Board Lars Leather Lounge Chair

Room & Board

The majority of reviewers highlight how comfy this chair is—but one thing they can’t agree on is whether it’s a display piece or an informal one, which only proves its versatility. Available in cherry, white oak, and walnut wood.

Safavieh Dilan Leather Safari Chair

This spacious chair has a woven leather seat  and back, which you can accentuate with a checkerboard rug or complement with a more subdued, abstract one.

Sun at Six Plume Chair

This minimalist chair comes in two different seat heights (12 and 16 inches) so you can choose between lounge-y and extra lounge-y. The vegetable-tanned leather comes from Italy, and the oil-finished wood resists stains and spills, so this chair remains neat and clean even when you’re at your clumsiest.

We Do Wood Nomad Chair

Afternoon Light

For those who actually want to go on safari—or, maybe just the park—check out this appropriately named portable chair that can be disassembled at your leisure. 

Lue Bona Folding Accent Chair

This vegan leather chair can fold in half and comes with a handlebar, making it easy to store or carry outside. There’s also a matching ottoman that curves downward and complements the chair’s upward slope. 

Pottery Barn Abbot Acacia Woven Outdoor Lounge Chair

Pottery Barn

Looking to furnish your outdoor space? Check out this hunting chair in weather-resistant weave, which comes in three different colorways so you can be sure to match the rest of your patio setup. The wood is FSC-certified, ensuring that the forests are sustainably harvested.

Maiden Home Hayes Chair

Maiden Home

Suede ties connect the leather seat (your choice of marine blue, classic black, or white hide) to the frame (beechwood or walnut), and lend a graceful touch to the already elegant design.

The Citizenry San Rafael Safari Chair

The Citizenry

This simple and versatile chair, handcrafted in Mexico, can hold its own unadorned or dressed up with some nubby, textured throws.

Sundays Sweet Life Sling Lounge Chair With Headrest

This chair is a winner if you’re in the mood to kickback and relax. With a high back and padded head-rest that you can adjust to your height whether you’re taking an afternoon nap or watching Netflix. As an added bonus, the weight capacity maxes out at 350 lb., much higher than your standard chair.

HAY Bernard Lounge Chair

When it comes to combining functionality and design, you can always count on HAY, and their roomy lounge chair is a perfect example. It has an unfussy aesthetic—with leather and canvas options—and a deep seat that offers comfort and support.

Parachute Leather Sling Chair

This low-to-the-ground chair takes cues from Mogensen’s Spanish chair, but adds a modern twist with a robust wooden side frame connecting the legs. The cognac leather back is seamlessly integrated with dowels and will stretch and mold to your body overtime.

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The generations of the Safari Chair

‍ the safari chair's journey, from kaare klint's classic to modern interpretations by elias svedberg, arne norell, and bror boije, has left an indelible mark on design history. this iconic furniture piece continues to inspire design enthusiasts worldwide..

The so-called safari chair has for a long time been an object of interest for architects and furniture designers. The lightness, the simplicity, and the clear division between the carrying and the carried have inspired different generations to their interpretations and reinterpretations.

The first modern version, the KK 47000 chair was designed back in 1933 by “the father of Danish furniture design” Kaare Klint (1888–1954). Klint transformed the historical archetype into a modern Safari chair classic that became a recurring type of furniture for decades to come. Several prominent furniture designers have since taken on the task of designing their own version of Klint´s.

Elias Svedberg (1913-1987) designed his version of the safari chair called the Triva Chair in 1944. It was launched in the range of the NK Triva Series and produced by NK Verkstäder (eng. NK´s Workshop) in Nyköping, near Stockholm.

Twenty years later upholsterer and designer Arne Norell (1917-1971) designed the Sirocco chair for his own company Norell Möbel. Sirocco proved to be a great sales success and led to the Norell brand being known even outside Europe. After 60 years the chair is still manufactured by the Norell company, today run by Arne´s daughter Marie Norell Möller. 

‍ The interior architect Bror Boije   (b.1942) is one of the foremost Swedish furniture designers of the 1970s. In 1968 he made his debut with the armchair series Junker for DUX - Bra Bohag, only 26 years old. Junker was a modernization of the classic safari chair and received a very positive reception. This was followed by a long series of successful collaborations with Swedish furniture manufacturers. As a freelance designer, Boije built his brand alongside the clients', in a way that was typical of the 1970s design generation.

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Kaare Klint’s “KK47000” Safari Chair: A Refined and Iconic Design

Kaare Klint’s “KK47000” Safari chair is a testament to his exceptional design sensibilities and ability to transform historical inspirations into contemporary masterpieces.

Inspiration from British Campaign Furniture

The roots of the Safari chair can be traced back to the chairs used by an American cinematographer and his wife during an African safari. These chairs, captured in the couple’s photographs, bore a striking resemblance to the Roorkhee Chairs—a significant example of British campaign furniture used by the military. The Roorkhee chair’s distinctive features included the tool-free assembly, glue-less joints, and intelligent construction that tightened the joints when occupied, enhancing strength and stability. These chairs are considered among the pioneers of self-assembled furniture .

Simplifying, Clarifying, and Refining

Upon noticing the chairs in the safari photographs, Kaare Klint sought to simplify, clarify, and refine their structure. In 1933, he unveiled his final Safari Chair design at the Copenhagen Cabinetmakers’ Guild Exhibition. The chair’s simple ash wood frame provided the perfect foundation for the exquisite, patinated leather components. The visible joinery and leather straps contributed to a raw aesthetic that stands out in any interior setting, especially when paired with more subdued pieces. Additionally, the chair’s carved, tapered legs added a touch of refinement to its overall appearance.

A Manifestation of Klint’s Design Philosophy

The Safari chair represents an iconic example of Kaare Klint’s design ideology. By seamlessly transforming a historical archetype into a modern, collapsible chair, Klint showcased his signature systematic approach, meticulous craftsmanship, well-conceived proportions, and remarkable material effects. While drawing inspiration from its British predecessor, Klint’s Safari chair exhibits sophistication and lightweight design, setting it apart as a distinctive creation.

Linking the Past and the Present

Arguably Kaare Klint’s most renowned design, the 1933 Safari chair can be viewed as a reimagined version of a 19th-century camping chair. By combining wood, canvas, and leather, Klint ingeniously designed a chair that can be easily disassembled for travel—a deliberate nod to its 19th-century inspiration. This meticulous attention to detail not only establishes the chair as a remarkable piece of 20th-century design but also perpetuates a classic from the previous century, bridging the gap between different eras and showcasing Klint’s dedication to timeless craftsmanship.

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The Kaare Klint Safari Chair is one of the first do-it-yourself high design pieces: it can easily be assembled and disassembled without tools, making it ideal for being on the move. Klint designed his Safari Chair in 1933 and was inspired by the English officers chair he had seen in a travel guide from Africa to create a lightweight, portable armchair.

The Safari chair is available in oil-treated light ash or smoked ash. The seat and backrest are available in four colors of canvas or Thor ox hide leather.

Canvas comes with natural leather arm straps; leather cushions feature matching leather arm straps. Matching Safari Footstool also available.

**The chair always includes a cushion. The cushion is only available with buttons.

Dimensions:

22.4" W x 22.4" D x 31.5" H Seat: 13.4" H

Assembly: Assembly required.

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The KK47000 Safari Chair is an iconic example of Kaare Klint’s design ideology. Klint effortlessly transformed an historical archetype into a modern, collapsible chair. His considered design is a hallmark of sophistication and pure craftsmanship for contemporary interiors.

Kaare Klint was renowned as a furniture designer, educator, and visionary, and today, he is recognized as the father of modern Danish design. Klint designed icons like the 1914 Faaborg Chair and the 1933 Safari Chair, as well as the design for the reception room of the Danish Pavilion at the 1929 Barcelona International Exposition. Klint insisted on clear, logical design, clean lines, the best materials, and superb craftsmanship. His influence on future generations of designers and architects is still evident to this day.

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Kaare Klint’s KK47000 Safari Chair is a refinement of the chairs brought on an African safari by an American cinematographer and his wife. Klint noticed them in the couple’s photos. They were most likely based on Indian Roorkhee Chairs used by the British military – possibly the first examples of self-assembled furniture. The original featured glueless joints, tool-free assembly, and an intelligent construction that caused the joints to tighten when the chair was occupied, enhancing strength and stability. Klint focused on simplifying, clarifying and refining the lounge chair’s composition, exhibiting his final Safari Chair design in 1933 at the Copenhagen Cabinetmakers’ Guild Exhibition. While inspired by its British predecessor, Klint’s sophisticated, lightweight chair is defined by his signature systematic approach, fine craftsmanship, well-conceived proportions, and remarkable material effects.

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ash, white oil, Leather Thor 307, armrest: saddle leather

ash, white oil, Leather Thor 301, armrest: saddle leather

ash, white oil, Leather Thor 332, armrest: saddle leather

When you choose a product from Carl Hansen & Søn, you get more than just a piece of furniture. You will become part of a long and proud tradition of beautiful and distinctive craftsmanship where nothing is left to chance. We are the world’s largest manufacturer of furniture designed by Hans J. Wegner, and we also manufacture furniture created by renowned furniture designers such as Arne Jacobsen, Børge Mogensen, Ole Wanscher, Kaare Klint, Poul Kjærholm, Bodil Kjær, and Tadao Ando. Carl Hansen & Søn represents more than 100 years of Danish design history, and our furniture is sold worldwide.

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Design Classics #44: Safari Chair

This chair was inspired by a picture in a travel guide to Africa and has been a design classic since it first appeared in 1933.

Kaare Klint was inspired by a British Officer’s chair he had seen in a travel guide for Africa. Apparently, he particularly liked the picture in which the author of the guide and his wife were seated in similar chairs by the entrance to their tent in the Savannah.

He set about making a light and portable armchair. The result can be easily assembled and disassembled without using any tools (take that Ikea) and has often been described as the world’s first build-it-yourself furniture. Indeed, it can be rolled up into a cardboard tube and posted to its destination.

Klint’s ability to produce a chair like this however, also demonstrates a detailed knowledge of his materials as well as the human body’s ergonomic requirements. Let’s not forget, Klint was Danish and they were, and are, particularly good at giving equal importance to both form and function.

The Safari Chair was Klint’s most famous piece and he sold the first ones to one of his peers Arne Jacobsen, who liked the simple functional style. But who, despite that, also suggested adding a seat cushion.

The first chairs were made from Cuban mahogany, but Klint later decided that the light coloured ash was better suited and it is still made from ash today, using wood from Danish forests.

Knud Erik Hansen, CEO of Carl Hansen & Son, which produces the Safari chair (following the acquisition of Rud. Rasmussen, the original manufacturers, in 2011) says producing these design classics is a big responsibility.

“The timeless design of the Safari chair appeals to generation after generation. It is essential to remain faithful to the original instructions and methods of craftsmanship which is the only way to ensure that the chair continues to be a design icon for future generations. We are conscious of the responsibility involved in producing on of Denmark’s classic pieces of furniture.”

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The author Kate Watson-Smyth

I’m a journalist who writes about interiors mainly for The Financial Times but I have also written regularly for The Independent and The Daily Mail. My house has been in Living Etc, HeartHome and featured in The Wall Street Journal & Corriere della Sera. I also run an interior styling consultancy Mad About Your House . Welcome to my Mad House.

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Wonderful blog post – thank you Kate! The Safari chair is available from Aram Store: https://www.aram.co.uk/safari-chair.html

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Safari Chair

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Safari chair  by Kaare Klint for Carl Hansen + Son .

Kaare Klint designed the Safari chair in 1933 and was inspired by chairs he had seen an American cinematographer and his wife use on an African safari. He wanted to transform the portable, knockdown version into an elegant chair for modern interiors.

The Safari chair is a sophisticated and lightweight chair that clearly demonstrates Kaare Klint’s sense of proportions, fine craftsmanship and remarkable material combinations.  

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MCM Furniture Design History: The Safari Chair's Military Roots

Here we'll go into Mid Century Mobler's MCM Pick of the Week, Kaare Klint's Safari Chair . An early example of flatpack furniture, this chair, designed in the peacetime between two world wars, has its roots in military campaigns.

The Designer

Kaare Klint is known as the father of the Danish Modern style of furniture design. Born in Copenhagen in 1888, Klint began apprenticing as a furniture builder at the age of 15. He learned technical drawing at an industrial arts school and also attended an art school, where his talent as a painter emerged. Additionally, he was exposed to architecture through the instruction of his father, a working architect.

As he began developing his own designs, Klint managed to blend three disparate elements: Danish craftsmanship, the clean lines of Modernism and the clear-eyed practicality of Functionalism. According to Danish-Furniture.com ,

While Modernism — Bauhaus — was rejecting its heritage, Klint embraced it. He believed that a thorough understanding of materials, proportions and constructions of classical furniture was the best basis for designing new. The design of Klint's pieces is always based on a relentless research — every piece must fulfill its purpose, be absolutely clarified in its construction, have proportions which correspond to those of the human body, and display materials and craftsmanship of the highest quality.

In addition to designing his own pieces, Klint founded the furniture design department at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in 1924, where he then influenced the next generation of Danish furniture designers.

Klint's Safari Chair, designed in 1933, was based on chairs that the world-traveling Klint had witnessed being used by Americans or Britons (accounts vary) on an African safari. Those chairs in turn were inspired by "campaign furniture," the genre of furniture used by traveling armies since at least Roman times.

Campaign furniture was designed to be easily broken down, transported and assembled on-site; thus the pieces in this genre needed to be lightweight, sturdy and easy-to-assemble using a minimum of tools. It was flatpack before Ikea, and the utter practicality and simplicity of the genre presumably captured Klint's imagination.

The chair Klint spotted and was inspired by was undoubtedly the Roorkhee chair, seen below:

Christopher Schwarz , who has researched and built versions of the Roorkhee chair extensively, writes:

The Roorkhee Chair is a seminal piece of British campaign furniture and was popular with British officers from 1898 to World War I, according to Nicholas Brawer's book on campaign furniture. Named in honor of the headquarters of the Indian Army Corps of Engineers in Roorkhee, India, the chair is lightweight at about 10 lbs., breaks down quickly and is allegedly quite comfortable.

The "seminal" part refers to the chair's influence on other important 20th Century chair designs. Schwarz wrote a second article, here , pointing out the debt owed to the Roorkhee's unknown designer by Marcel Breuer (the Wassily chair), Le Corbusier (the Basculant Chair), Wilhelm Bofinger (the Farmer's Chair) and Vico Magistretti (the Armchair 905). If you are familiar with those chairs but not the Roorkhee, let's take a closer look at it.

Here are photos of a vintage version of the Roorkhee chair in both its flatpacked and assembled state. (These photographs are from the Nicholas Brawer book Schwarz referenced above, which is sadly now out-of-print.)

The ingenuity of the design lies not only in its ease-of-assembly, but in how the weight of the sitter plays a role in the structure. With the seat fabric slung between front and rear crossbars, placing weight on it pulls the crossbars towards each other, which in turn bear on the legs; this has the effect of tightening the side rails in their mortises. The very act of sitting in the chair reinforces its structure.

Klint's Safari Chair is functionally identical to the Roorkhee, with one addition (perhaps): Assuming Brawer's photo above is of the original design of a Roorkhee, that chair lacks any lateral stiffening, which Klint has provided via buckled belts at the front and rear.

I say "perhaps" Klint added this functionality because other photos I've seen of (presumably) original Roorkhee chairs are too small and dark to make out any such belts, so I can't say for certain they weren't already there. I have seen photos of modern-day Roorkhee variants that do feature the belts, but it is unclear who is borrowing from whom, as Klint designed the Safari in 1933.

Following his Functionalist/Modernist principles, Klint cleaned up the design of the Safari's legs as compared to the Roorkhee, stripping them of unnecessary ornamentation, and tripled the amount of screws securing the armrest straps to the legs. For the sake of ergonomics he's added a seat cushion and angled the seat by raising the height of the front crossbar.

Incredibly, after eight decades this chair is still in production. Here's manufacturer Carl Hansen giving you a closer look at some of the components and construction:

It is easy to tell, even in photographs, new versions of the Safari Chair from vintage versions: The leather armrests will have stretched over the decades on the vintage models, whereas the new ones will be taut.

You'll note that the new, beige Safari chair in the photo above appears to have a vertical seatback. That's because the seatback is only attached via two pins at the top of the legs (visible in the red leather chair, above right) and can pivot along the sagittal axis. This not only uses less hardware than a conventionally-mounted seatback, but confers greater comfort to the user.

I am glad that we know Kaare Klint's name and sorry that we do not know the name of the Roorkhee's designer.

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Thank you Rain. This is a really interesting and informative read. I'm fascinated with these chairs. The simplicity and thoughtfulness of the design, the understanding of engineering dynamics, and utility! I've been working on some outdoor furniture recently and observed it over a summer and noticed how much the ground conditions affect the frames. I suspect they would be enough flexibility and rotation in components for the Klimt Safari chair to settle onto uneven  ground, gently racking and accommodating the ground condition. Then resetting and settling under load when moved. A certain form of furniture agility responsive to site and sitter.

Please continue this series, I am getting a lot out of it.

Great write up. Do you think in the original chair, the round wood cross bars that go through the pockets in the canvas could be removed and then you basically rolled up the chair in the canvas with all the wood legs and braces inside? 

Yep, check this out. http://lumberjocks.com/projects/84853

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This chair is gorgeous! Looks great in my decor! It’s super comfy and has such a simple but amazing look!

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The picture is accurate. I agree with other comments that the chair under bar under the legs is not comfortable. This is not a chair for a guest to watch a film in, if you want them to stay. HOWEVER, the ottoman alleviates the pressure point on the chair. Every thing arrived slightly spotty or stained, but given its a very soft, it’s going to get worn. I’d take a photo if that was an option (if it is, I cannot find it). Also, the ottoman should match the chair’s wood styling. The ottoman has rounded ends. The chair’s wood is squared. Customer service on a minor delivery delay was excellent.

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MCM Furniture Design History: The Safari Chair's Military Roots

Here we’ll go into Mid Century Mobler’s MCM Pick of the Week, Kaare Klint’s Safari Chair . An early example of flatpack furniture, this chair, designed in the peacetime between two world wars, has its roots in military campaigns.

The Designer

Kaare Klint is known as the father of the Danish Modern style of furniture design. Born in Copenhagen in 1888, Klint began apprenticing as a furniture builder at the age of 15. He learned technical drawing at an industrial arts school and also attended an art school, where his talent as a painter emerged. Additionally, he was exposed to architecture through the instruction of his father, a working architect.

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As he began developing his own designs, Klint managed to blend three disparate elements: Danish craftsmanship, the clean lines of Modernism and the clear-eyed practicality of Functionalism. According to Danish-Furniture.com ,

While Modernism — Bauhaus — was rejecting its heritage, Klint embraced it. He believed that a thorough understanding of materials, proportions and constructions of classical furniture was the best basis for designing new. The design of Klint’s pieces is always based on a relentless research — every piece must fulfill its purpose, be absolutely clarified in its construction, have proportions which correspond to those of the human body, and display materials and craftsmanship of the highest quality.

In addition to designing his own pieces, Klint founded the furniture design department at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in 1924, where he then influenced the next generation of Danish furniture designers.

Klint’s Safari Chair, designed in 1933, was based on chairs that the world-traveling Klint had witnessed being used by Americans or Britons (accounts vary) on an African safari. Those chairs in turn were inspired by “campaign furniture,” the genre of furniture used by traveling armies since at least Roman times.

Campaign furniture was designed to be easily broken down, transported and assembled on-site; thus the pieces in this genre needed to be lightweight, sturdy and easy-to-assemble using a minimum of tools. It was flatpack before Ikea, and the utter practicality and simplicity of the genre presumably captured Klint’s imagination.

The chair Klint spotted and was inspired by was undoubtedly the Roorkhee chair, seen below:

Christopher Schwarz , who has researched and built versions of the Roorkhee chair extensively, writes:

The Roorkhee Chair is a seminal piece of British campaign furniture and was popular with British officers from 1898 to World War I, according to Nicholas Brawer’s book on campaign furniture. Named in honor of the headquarters of the Indian Army Corps of Engineers in Roorkhee, India, the chair is lightweight at about 10 lbs., breaks down quickly and is allegedly quite comfortable.

The “seminal” part refers to the chair’s influence on other important 20th Century chair designs. Schwarz wrote a second article, here , pointing out the debt owed to the Roorkhee’s unknown designer by Marcel Breuer (the Wassily chair), Le Corbusier (the Basculant Chair), Wilhelm Bofinger (the Farmer’s Chair) and Vico Magistretti (the Armchair 905). If you are familiar with those chairs but not the Roorkhee, let’s take a closer look at it.

Here are photos of a vintage version of the Roorkhee chair in both its flatpacked and assembled state. (These photographs are from the Nicholas Brawer book Schwarz referenced above, which is sadly now out-of-print.)

The ingenuity of the design lies not only in its ease-of-assembly, but in how the weight of the sitter plays a role in the structure. With the seatback slung between front and rear crossbars, placing weight on it pulls the crossbars towards each other, which in turn bear on the legs; this has the effect of tightening the side rails in their mortises.

Klint’s Safari Chair is functionally identical to the Roorkhee, with one addition (perhaps): Assuming Brawer’s photo above is of the original design of a Roorkhee, that chair lacks any lateral stiffening, which Klint has provided via buckled belts at the front and rear.

I say “perhaps” Klint added this functionality because other photos I’ve seen of (presumably) original Roorkhee chairs are too small and dark to make out any such belts, so I can’t say for certain they weren’t already there. I have seen photos of modern-day Roorkhee variants that do feature the belts, it is unclear who is borrowing from whom, as Klint designed the Safari in 1933.

Following his Functionalist/Modernist principles, Klint cleaned up the design of the Safari’s legs as compared to the Roorkhee, stripping them of unnecessary ornamentation, and tripled the amount of screws securing the armrest straps to the legs. For the sake of ergonomics he’s added a seat cushion and angled the seat by raising the height of the front crossbar.

Incredibly, after eight decades this chair is still in production. Here’s manufacturer Carl Hansen giving you a closer look at some of the components and construction:

It is easy to tell, even in photographs, new versions of the Safari Chair from vintage versions: The leather armrests will have stretched over the decades on the vintage models, whereas the new ones will be taut.

You’ll note that the new, beige Safari chair in the photo above appears to have a vertical seatback. That’s because the seatback is only attached via two pins at the top of the legs (visible in the red leather chair, above right) and can pivot along the sagittal axis. This not only uses less hardware than a conventionally-mounted seatback, but confers greater comfort to the user.

I am glad that we know Kaare Klint’s name and sorry that we do not know the name of the Roorkhee’s designer.

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Moscow and Pullman regulars are the reason local game store is still open, owner says

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“What used to be niche no longer is, what used to be entirely nerdy is now not quite so nerdy. I wouldn’t quite go so far as to say it’s hip and cool, but it’s pretty darn close,” Simmons said Saturday at Safari Pearl.

RACHEL KOCH , Evergreen reporter September 23, 2019

On Saturday in Moscow, Safari Pearl Comics celebrated 31 years of operation with a sidewalk sale. Displays of comics, board games, costumes and more sat on tables outside of the shop with two employees outside.

All the items outside were marked 31 percent off in honor of Safari Pearl’s anniversary.

Store founder Kathy Sprague left managing a restaurant in Seattle to open a comic shop in Moscow, where she grew up, she said.

“My first location was about the size of our bathroom here,” she said. “It was a mud porch in the front of a used book store. I started in this one tiny room with two long boxes of comics.”

Sprague first developed an interest in comic books in 1984 when she would go to a local comic book shop with a friend, she said.

“My best friend was flirting with the guy who owned the comic book store at the time. For her cover to go in and flirt with him, I would go in and buy comics,” she said. “They dated for a while, they broke up, and I own a comic store.”

Sprague and Tabitha Simmons co-manage Safari Pearl Comics.

“I’ve worked here off and on for 22 of our 31 years,” Simmons said. “I’m Kathy’s partner. We’ve been married for 25 years. She needed some help in the store, so I just stepped in and started helping.”

Simmons attributed the longevity of Safari Pearl Comics to its adaptability to meet the customers’ requests over time, she said.

She added that the comic industry is growing in popularity due to the success of the Marvel Cinematic Universe films, which has also opened people’s minds to try stereotypically nerdy things.

The UI football team came to Safari Pearl to buy miniatures for their new Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition campaign, she said.

“What used to be niche no longer is,” Simmons said. “What used to be entirely nerdy is now not quite so nerdy. I wouldn’t quite go so far as to say it’s hip and cool, but it’s pretty darn close.”

Simmons added that those who do not know as much about comics have no reason to feel nervous about entering Safari Pearl.

Another reason for Safari Pearl Comic’s longtime success is that it stands out in the industry, Sprague said.

“Our store is kind of unique,” she said. “It’s one of the older stores in the country at this point because we are 31 years old. I believe we are the only lesbian-owned comic book store in the country. We’re certainly the only 31-year-old lesbian-owned comic book store.”

Many of their regular customers have helped keep their business afloat thanks to the close relationships both Sprague and Simmons have formed throughout the years, Sprague said.

“I have a customer, I’ve watched his daughter grow from a toddler,” Sprague said. “She just finished her Ph.D. in economics.”

Sprague and Simmons also host an all-day Thanksgiving dinner at Safari Pearl in which people can come in and play board games, Sprague said.

Safari Pearl Comics is open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Monday through Saturday and 12-5 p.m. on Sundays. It is located at 660 W. Pullman Rd. in Moscow.

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660 W Pullman Rd

Moscow, ID 83843

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We are your source on the Palouse for comics, non-electronic games, costumes, and theatrical make-up. We carry a full line of new comics, graphic novels, back issues, and collecting supplies. We also have a great selection of board games, card games, and Warhammer. Feel free to try a game or join an event in our store game room. We also stock costumes and have a complete selection of Ben Nye theatrical make-up all year. …

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I was visiting from out of town and we stopped by here three time while we were here for a week. First to see what they had. This is a considerably larger store than the one we have in our town. They had basically everything a nerd could want. DND books and minis, magic cards, Pokémon, half of the store was cosplay stuff, mangas, war hammer, and other rpg and tabletop games. They had a reasonably sized play area that we could see. We intended on coming to the Friday night Magic events that they host but sadly we're unable to make it. The store was clean and the people were friendly and helpful. One of the cool features that they have is a tablet in store that you can search for cards through. You can also get the app and leisurely search at home and they will have the cards ready for pick up.

Eh. Some costumes and lingerie. This store can't seem to decide if it's selling comics and memorabilia or lingerie and adult toys. Fairly large location though and the stock rotates often so this may be the right store for you. You will not have an issue parking because the lot has about twenty spaces. Downtown Moscow also has street parking so hooray! The staff is generally friendly and knowledgeable. As in any store that all depends on the day and who helps you. Prices are fair on most items. As far as the adult items they do mark things up but being in Moscow you don't really have a lot of items for some of their merchandise. Amazon is bigger now so hopefully management will tweak prices accordingly to keep it competitive. If you're grabbing a few extra accessories for a costume or Halloween party this is your local spot. Read Bri T. and Kevin C's review for more comic and costume section details!

I do not understand the negative reviews of this store. The employees were quick to help anytime I had any questions and even told us about the free module Saturdays. The unique thing about this store is that it is not a toxic atmosphere like you may experience at the downtown Pullman gaming store. It has gaming of all types such as cards, board games, and table top rpg's. There is also costuming which I think fits quite well with the rest of the store as many gamers enjoy cosplay and the like. It was clean, the employees were respectful and were quick to remove negative customers who were rude, inappropriate and disruptive. I cannot praise this store enough. Most certainly the best gaming store around.

Wide selection of games from children to adult. Lots of Warhammer and D&D merchandise. Not a large selection of comics in store but I believe they will order whatever you want. Costumes/cosplay stuff rotates throughout the year, and the hidden adult-toy area has an okay selection. But I will definitely recommend this store for board games and Warhammer!!

I really like the selection of games here. We got The Battle of Hogwarts here and play it weekly. Have the expansion pack, too. Also enjoy the Fantastic Beasts Perilous Pursuits and Pandemic. The folks there have always been helpful and knowledgeable

I went here today because the costume portion of the store was recommended to me by a good friend. I was also told there is a sex-toy shop in the back room that I should check out. First off, as I was looking through the costumes, I was consistently followed by an employee as if I was going to steal something. They have just one dressing room, and the employee stands outside the dressing room the entire time, making you feel uncomfortable and rushed. Second, after showing an older female employee my ID to enter the sex shop, she ordered a younger male employee to be in there while I was. He followed me around the entire time I was in the sex shop, and it was very uncomfortable. I do not appreciate the lack of privacy that was given while looking at such a....personal election of items. If a female is going into the sex shop, they should have a female employee in there - and perhaps one that doesn't follow you around everywhere. I absolutely will not be back.

I was really disappointed in this store. I came in looking for comic book recommendations and was pretty much ignored. When I finally was able to get some help, it seemed as if I was inconveniencing the store. The store layout is weird and the selection is very limited. I felt kinda awkward the whole time I was in the store. The stores prices are rather high and they don't do any sales or promotions either. So I would recommend going to someone else in town or just shopping online. I won't go back.

For a comic shop, it has a really minuscule selection of comics. There are a couple shelves against the side of the wall, but the amount of current comics is almost non-existent. Then there's a couple tables with older selections of comics, which I appreciated. Please correct me if I am wrong, but if you want to get a subscription box, it's pretty pricey. I asked the cashier at the time and she told me that you pay for your box, then you also pay per series you want to subscribe to, then, of course, you pay for your comic as well. There are no other benefits other than that you are guaranteed a copy of whatever you're subscribed to. It was being justified that it's due to the fluctuation of college students coming in and out, so you also have to pay to cancel your box as well. Aside from the comics, there were also TCG -- mainly Magic, figurines, board games, and costumes. It seemed like this store tried too hard to do everything that it doesn't have much of anything. Despite the lack of items, my visit was still pretty pleasant as the cashier was friendly and helpful. If I'm ever out in this area again, it's hard to say if I'll go out of my way to revisit.

I got in the store knowing exactly what I wanted so when I was asked if I needed help I said no. It was not long before it was clear that I was being followed. (Creeper) peeking trough shelves and around cournors, it was weird , strange and totally creepy. After ten minutes of feeling very uncomfortable I left. An hour later I went back to talk to the owners. They made it clear it was all my fault for not realizing it was costumer service to be stalked. (They clearly did not care) After I ordered the stuff I wanted online I went to yelp and found out this offensive stalking like behavior happens a lot. (another situation) I was carded three times in one week by the same (carnie) dude to get in the back room. Theres no way he did not remember. He as well watched us like a hawk. Never going back, when every thing is available online cheaper.~~~~~~~~~Thanks for reading

If I could leave a 0 star review I would. I was sent to this shop by a friend and on my first visit was REFUSED the sale of an item on the grounds that I was not a regular customer. Of course now I will never be a regular patron and I urge any "new comers" to avoid the trip and save some time. Horrible service! Awful ethics! This shop should be shut down.

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