The chair is simple: a piece of plastic, often white, with an accented backrest. Its ubiquity, however, is what makes it beloved — even to superstars such as Bad Bunny, whose new album “Debí ...

Heller produces high-end plastic furniture for the likes of Frank Gehry and the Vignellis. Now it’s making sure those pieces don’t last forever. When plastic entered the design world in the ...