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Bob Williams: Furniture businesses rely on rare super-winners to fund operations
“And out of those winners, you get one or two that become a super winner, and that's really how you build your business. That'll help fund everything else.”
Bob Williams: Chairs are 360-degree functional sculptures floating in rooms
“And one of the things I realized early on was that a chair actually, you know, will float in the middle of the room. So people see it not only from the front and the side, but also from the back. It actually is a sculpture that people sit on.”
Bob Williams: Nervous breakdown over identity prompted pivot to design school
“I remember after graduating high school and going off to college, basically having a nervous breakdown. And Being hospitalized for a week because of the stress of all this, and that was tough, but that was also a time when I looked at my life and it's like, al…”
Bob Williams: Fully Upholstered Chairs Were Exclusively High-End in 1989
“Well, and these were also fully upholstered chairs. Which were more of a designer look. So you would see them at a higher price point, but they weren't necessarily for the mass consumer. And if you did, they were still expensive.”