The Chair Exhibition at The Future Perfect, Reinaldo Sanguino | Yellowtrace
Ceramic chair by Reinaldo Sanguino.

The Chair Exhibition at The Future Perfect.

The Chair Exhibition at The Future Perfect, Ada Blecher & Bari Ziperstein | Yellowtrace
Tube chair by Bari Ziperstein.

The Chair Exhibition at The Future Perfect, Bec Brittain | Yellowtrace
Untitled by Bec Brittain.

The Chair Exhibition at The Future Perfect, Timmins Segretti | Yellowtrace
Neoprimative Too by Brendan Timmins & Alexandra Segreti.

The Chair Exhibition at The Future Perfect, Charlap Hyman & Herrero | Yellowtrace
Deli Rose Chair by Charlap Hyman & Herrero.

 

The New York outpost of contemporary design gallery The Future Perfect has an entire exhibition dedicated to one of the most indispensable and pragmatic members of the furniture family: The Chair. Representing the sacred meeting of form and function, the humble chair is synonymous with support, and is yet in perpetual reinvention mode.

The history of chairs echoes each period of our evolutionary zeitgeist, from Napoleonic thrones to simple plastic school chairs. The Future Perfect asked an international roster of esteemed artist and designers to reimagine the chair, justifying the challenge with a quote from the late David Bowie, “Why bother choosing a certain chair? Because that chair says something about you.”

 

The Chair Exhibition at The Future Perfect, Giancarlo Valle | Yellowtrace
Stump armchair by Giancarlo Valle.

The Chair Exhibition at The Future Perfect, Gregory Buntain | Yellowtrace
Planar chair by Gregory Buntain.

The Chair Exhibition at The Future Perfect, Kelly Behun
Xanthus chair by Kelly Behun.

The Chair Exhibition at The Future Perfect, Kelly Wearstler | Yellowtrace
Oberon chair by Kelly Wearstler.

 

Artists, industrial designers, ceramicists, sculptors and interior designers submitted one-of-a-kind interpretations that embody who they are as a creative and maker. As one might expect, they range drastically from the ascetic to the audacious, taking full advantage of the endless diversity offered by chairs.

Kelly Wearstler’s Oberon chair could be displayed as a sculpture. A handcrafted piece of burnished brass bends and breaks through a solid cube of Julian Jade. The resulting appearance is that of effortless fluidity, challenging conventional thinking on materiality by combining two materials known for their strength and rigidity into one elegant form. Apparently, the compact piece weighs in at around 160kg.

 

The Chair By The Future Perfect, Chris Wolston | Yellowtracea
Nalgona chair by Chris Wolston.

The Chair Exhibition at The Future Perfect, Serban Lonescu | Yellowtrace
Gene Wilder by Serban Ionescu.

The Chair Exhibition at The Future Perfect, Seungjin Yang | Yellowtrace
Blowing Armchair 5 by Seungjin Yang.

The Chair Exhibition at The Future Perfect, Ada Blecher Ara Thorose | Yellowtrace
5 + 5M Conversation by Ara Thorose.

 

Brooklyn-based designer Chris Wolston travelled to the Colombian Amazon to harvest Mimbre Wicker for his Nalgona chair, which is soft yet still maintains a strong materiality. The design embodies a human-like form, with the wicker material woven into a human form that riffs on the iconic shape of the plastic Remax Chair, ubiquitous through Colombia, and the playful humanoid quality found in pre-Columbian ceramics.

Seoul-based artist Seungjin Yang submitted an armchair addition to his ‘Blowing’ series, where he transforms balloons into functional furniture by stabilizing them with eight coats of epoxy. In some cases, ergonomics went out the window. For Charlap Hyman & Herrero’s Leora and Deli Rose chairs, a palm frond from the floor of their LA office garden, and a single rose purchased from a deli near their NYC office, form the backs of the chairs. The plants emerge from the hollow back legs of the chair, as if in a vase.

The 47 chairs featured are available to purchase. The exhibition ends on June 1.

 

The Chair By The Future Perfect Yellowtrace 01
The Chair By The Future Perfect Alex P White Yellowtrace 02
The Chair By The Future Perfect Ada Blecher Yellowtrace 03
The Chair By The Future Perfect Ada Blecher Ara Thorose Yellowtrace 04
The Chair By The Future Perfect Ada Blecher Bari Ziperstein Yellowtrace 05
The Chair By The Future Perfect Bec Brittain Yellowtrace 06
The Chair By The Future Perfect Timmins Segretti Yellowtrace 07
The Chair By The Future Perfect Brett Douglas Hunter Yellowtrace 08
The Chair By The Future Perfect Charlap Hyman And Herrero Yellowtrace 08
The Chair By The Future Perfect Chris Wolston Yellowtrace 08a
The Chair By The Future Perfect F Christopher Stuart Yellowtrace 11
The Chair By The Future Perfect Desert Cast Yellowtrace 12a
The Chair By The Future Perfect Floris Wubben Yellowtrace 13a
The Chair By The Future Perfect Giancarlo Valle Yellowtrace 14
The Chair By The Future Perfect Gregory Buntain Yellowtrace 15
The Chair By The Future Perfect Jason Koharik Yellowtrace 16
The Chair By The Future Perfect Katie Kimmel Yellowtrace 17
The Chair By The Future Perfect Kelly Behun 18
The Chair By The Future Perfect Kelly Wearstler Yellowtrace 19
The Chair By The Future Perfect Nicole Hollis Yellowtrace 20
The Chair By The Future Perfect Reinaldo Sanguino Yellowtrace 21
The Chair By The Future Perfect Serban Lonescu Yellowtrace 22
The Chair By The Future Perfect Seungjin Yang Yellowtrace 23
The Chair By The Future Perfect Trueing Yellowtrace 24
The Chair By The Future Perfect Tyler Hays Yellowtrace 25

 


[Images courtesy of The Future Perfect. Product photography by Andrew Nemiroski. Installation shot by Eric Petschek.]

 

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