Please make it stop!
 
In 2002, when designer Stefano Giovannoni visualized and sketched this barstool, its inception was described by the industry as a "design revolution!"  And, it is still being produced, with prices for the Bombo ranging from $1799.00 to as low as $55.00 for cheap reproductions...
 
At some point, the irrelevancy of a "new" design simply makes further use of that product counterproductive to the goal of a particular project. This barstool has become hopelessly ubiquitous and, because of this, has lost any and all ability to enhance any environment in which it appears. In fact, using this particular design will have the opposite effect that you intended: your design goes backwards.
 
Although staying positive and looking at an overall design as more than a collection of parts is crucial, when parts begin to fail, the machine will cease to operate. As a designer (and as an informed consumer), an ability to recognize the "end of life" for an idea, product, or desire will be a huge survival technique for the future.
 
I don't want something just because it's there.
 
 [ pictured: the $55.00 version from http://www.regencyshop.com/index.html ]