Entering a new millennium, chair designers continued to experiment with novel shapes and materials, yet the approach was more mature and level-headed (compared to many designs found across the last decades of the 20th century). By the end of the 2000s, designers such as Naoto Fukasawa and Jasper Morrison were designing chairs with a simple expression of form, their shapes recalling the work of those old Nordic craft masters..04Designed by Maarten Van Severen in 2000 for Vitra, the .04 is a sharp-looking, geometric office chair. When viewed from any angle, the .04’s profile is clean, unobtrusive and distinguished..04 office chair. Image © 2016 Vitra International AG..04. Image via smow.com.Nimrod ChairDesigned by Marc Newson in 2002, the Nimrod chair is produced by Magis using a manufacturing process known as blow-molding, in which hollow plastic parts are formed. The chair is then finished with seat and back cushions.Nimrod chair. Image © 2016 Marc Newson Ltd.Nimrod chair. Image via Nest.co.uk.Carbon ChairDesigned by Bertjan Pot and Marcel Wanders in 2004, the Carbon chair is produced by Moooi. Individual strands of carbon fibre are interwoven in order to produce a chair of exceptional strength and lightness. As a result, the singular high-tech Carbon chair is an intricately assembled masterpiece.Carbon chair.Carbon chair.Images © 2016 Moooi B.V.Victoria Ghost ChairA Kartell classic, the Victoria Ghost Chair was designed by Philippe Starck in 2005 and...