Consider the most recent hotel room visited. The bed, view or breakfast may stand out in memory. Yet one feature appears consistently in nearly all hotel rooms worldwide, from basic motels to luxury suites: a single chair, typically set in a corner.
It might seem included merely to provide a place to sit. In practice, hotels conduct extensive studies on guest movement patterns, natural placement of items and factors that enhance comfort during a stay. This ordinary chair results from such analysis and has become standard furniture in most rooms.
