Designed by Piero Gatti, Cesare Paolini and Franco Teodoro and produced by the Italian company Zanotta in 1969,[1] beanbags have become a globally recognized piece of furniture.It is said that they noticed the staff would sit on bags filled with styrofoam during their coffee and cigarette breaks.[citation needed] The original beanbag chair is called "Sacco", which is a pear-shaped leather bag filled with Styrofoam beans and is still in production today.Bean bags can be made from materials including leather, suede, corduroy and fake fur.Two children died from suffocation after climbing inside the chairs and inhaling the foam beads.
The Sacco beanbag chair, designed by Piero Gatti, Cesare Paolini, Franco Teodoro (1968)