backJorge Ferrari Hardoy designed one of the most imitated chairs in modern furniture history — the butterfly chair, or as Knoll sold it for three years, the Hardoy Chair. Hardoy received his degree in architecture from the Universidad de Buenos Aires in 1939.
In 1938, along with Antonio Bonet and Juan Kurchan, Hardoy designed a leather sling chair inspired by a wooden folding chair popular in Europe. Best known for this simple iconic chair design, Hardoy remained an active designer, architect, and city planner until his death.