Can furniture design inspire building elements?

Can we derive a building system from urban or home furniture design?
Plastic modular stacking chairs were quite common in the 1960s and 70s. Could they assembling principles inspire the design of building elements?

Marco Zanuso with Richard Sapper,
Child's chair Model no.4999, Polyethylene,
Kartell 1964 (from richardsapper.com and www.moma.org)

Donato D’Urbino, Jonathan De Pas, Paolo Lomazzi,
and Giorgio DeCurso,
Chica demountable child’s chairs, ABS plastic,
BBB Bonacina 1971 (from www.moma.org)