London designers Tom Dixon and Es Devlin and provocateur Max Siedentopf are among 19 makers and artists who have reimagined a simple wooden chair as part of the 19 Chairs charity project.
Organised by London designers Tom and Will Butterfield, the project began during the coronavirus lockdown last spring when the two brothers created 19 different versions of the "gloriously common furniture piece" using only 27-by 27-millimetre square section timber and wood screws.
Top image: Harry Grundy embedded a cactus into his seat. Above: Benjamin Edgar's chair is titled Tired, but Quite Optimistic In phase two of the project these chairs were sent off to be adapted by creatives from different disciplines around the world, with each receiving a different seat. The resulting designs will be auctioned off to raise money for Age UK, a charity dedicated to helping the elderly.
"We asked them to reinvent, reimagine or redesign their chair with an older person in mind," Tom Butterfield told Dezeen.
"The brief was a nod to the outstanding work of Age UK, connecting our collaborators with those experiencing the isolating effects of the pandemic most deeply."
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