Diffrient, Niels
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Name (Latin)
Diffrient, Niels
Date of birth
1928-09-06
Date of death
2013-06-08
Place of birth
Finland
Place of residence/headquarters
United States
Field of activity
Industrial design
Occupation
Industrial designers
Designers
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
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Sources of Information
- New York times (online), viewed June 17, 2013(in obituary published June 16: Niels Diffrient; b. Sept. 6, 1928, Star, Miss.; d. June 8, Ridgefield, Conn., aged 84; industrial designer who combined elegance and efficiency in everyday objects, including telephones, cameras, airplane interiors, and, late in his life, office chairs that adjusted themselves to whoever sat in them)
- nuc87-127856: His Humanscale 4/5/6, c1981(hdg. on FU rept.: Diffrient, Niels; usage: Niels Diffrient) ( (Record enhanced with data from: The IMAGINE Thesaurus - The Israel Museum Jerusalem Thesaurus - Artist names authority file) )
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Wikipedia description:
Niels Diffrient (6 September 1928 – 8 June 2013) was an American industrial designer. Diffrient focused mainly on ergonomic seating, and his most well known designs are the Freedom and Liberty chairs, manufactured by Humanscale.
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