▁pl astic ▁poly ure th ane . ▁G hy czy ' s ▁job ▁was ▁to ▁start ▁a ▁design ▁centre ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁show ▁industrial ▁customers ▁poly ure th ane ' s ▁potential . ▁The ▁Garden ▁E gg ▁Chair ▁is ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁ch airs ▁made ▁with ▁poly ure th ane . ▁For ▁a ▁long ▁time , ▁the ▁chair ▁was ▁produced ▁by ▁the ▁East ▁German ▁company ▁V EB - Syn th ese - W erk , ▁but ▁since ▁ 1 9 9 8 , ▁it ▁has ▁been ▁produced ▁in ▁the ▁Netherlands . ▁ ▁Design er ▁ ▁Peter ▁G hy czy ▁( born ▁ 1 9 4 0 ▁in ▁Budapest ) ▁left ▁his ▁native ▁Hung ary ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 6 ▁because ▁of ▁the ▁revolution ▁and ▁moved ▁to ▁West ▁Germany . ▁Here ▁he ▁finished ▁his ▁high ▁school ▁and ▁studied ▁at ▁the ▁Düsseldorf ▁Art ▁Academy ▁and ▁University ▁of ▁A achen . ▁After ▁gradu ating ▁he ▁started ▁as ▁head ▁of ▁the ▁design ▁department ▁at ▁El ast og ran / Re uter ▁where ▁he ▁developed ▁the ▁Garden ▁E gg ▁Chair ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 8 . ▁What ▁he ▁saw ▁as ▁traditional ▁way ▁of ▁working ▁at ▁El ast og ran / Re uter ▁led ▁him ▁to ▁leave ▁the ▁company ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 2 . ▁He ▁moved ▁to ▁the ▁Netherlands ▁and ▁started ▁his ▁own ▁company , ▁simply ▁called ▁G hy czy . ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁List ▁of ▁ch airs ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁ ▁Official ▁G hy czy ▁website ▁ ▁Official ▁G hy czy ▁Facebook ▁page