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How is this chair STEM?


It has been years since we have needed a chair like this. I remember the wooden ones from the restaurants we would frequent years ago. What stands out the most is two things, many of them were pretty gross and a few I recall were on the verge of collapse.

I had some reading and planning to do so I hit up the local Starbucks. The only table that was open had this chair sitting at one end. What I noticed was the solid and efficient construction.

My STEM questions:

  • Why is this chair made from some type of composite material and not wood?
  • Is this material more resistant to germs?
  • What might be some reasons for so many rounded angles?
  • How did they determine it should be exactly the height it is? Does it have to do with the tables or the average size of the little humans that sit in them? I did notice there were three different heights of tables low enough for this chair.
  • Is there an exact measurement for how wide the base should be to prevent tipping? 


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