A Product Review of the Håg Capisco Chair from 9to5 Seating
The HÅG Capisco is a classic ergonomic task chair designed more than 30 years ago for the Norwegian company HÅG by industrial designer, Peter Opsvik. It definitely doesn’t look like any other chair you’ve seen; it almost looks like something alien. When I first saw it at a trade show in Europe some years ago, I asked myself if it’s different simply for the sake of being different, or if there’s something more going on here. There’s a story. Part of the story has to do with HÅG and a Swedish company named Flokk. Headquartered in Oslo, Norway, Flokk has a history of merger and acquisition. Not the nasty kind of M&A history where the acquiring company buys a company, strips it to make it look more profitable than it really is, and then sells it at a big profit. No, Flokk has bought and held companies, investing to help …
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