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Breakout areas are the spaces within meeting rooms that every forward-thinking company must have. And many of these businesses are filling their breakout areas with classic design furniture.

Finnish interior designer and furniture maker Eero Aarnio celebrates his 81st birthday today. We pay tribute by taking a brief look at his life and work in design.

The British Summertime has began! Here is a guide to five design classics that should be gracing your home this summer.

The Danes have led the way in furniture design for the past century. In this post we pay tribute to Arne Jacobsen & co and their furniture classics; including the Wegner Y Chair.

Charles Eames, along with his wife Ray, made major contributions to modern architecture and furniture. He would have been 106 years old today.

The Ball Chair was designed in 1963 by Eero Aarnio. It is recognised as one of the most flambuoyant creations of modern classic furniture design.

Google honoured a furniture great yesterday with the creation of their furniture themed Google Doodle. It commemorated Thomas Chippendale, on the day of his 295th birthday.

A must-watch every week, Lord Alan Sugar is one of the biggest draws of the BBC's The Apprentice- the other is the fabulous but formal Florence Knoll sofas that adorn the show's set.

Florence Knoll, designer of the ever popular Knoll sofas, will be 96 tomorrow on the 24 May 2013. We look at her work in furniture design.

Today would have been Breuer's 111th birthday. To celebrate we take a look at his work in furniture design.