The Brief
What does your perfect chair look like?
This is my The Most Comfortable Chair in The World .....
I brought this question to a lot of people in my life: “What does your perfect chair look like?”
“It doesn’t hurt my butt.”
“It fits the aesthetics of my room.”
“It’s wobbly but I made it myself.”
The answers are all different. So I wonder:
Does it ever exist, a perfect chair?
Who is riding the definition of its perfection?
Is it a person, or an organization, or a mysterious need?
If it doesn’t exist, what’s the point of finding it? If it does, do we really need it?
What if the chair we find perfect now is no longer perfect in three months?
Must it be the ultimate definition of comfort, or can multiple comforts coexist and interact? So many questions, yet no concrete answers. But do we need answers after all?
Still, we believe that “a perfect chair” shows us more than just a perfect chair. It is about your definition of perfection, your relationship with the materials world, your experience with the image worlds,...
In short, your “perfect chair” reveals about you as much as you do about it.
Soooooooooooo...
Do you want to tell your stories in the form of chairs?
Or maybe, let’s define the new comfort(s)!?
Step 1
CHOOSE YOUR CHAIR’S ATTITUDE
attitude #1
F*ck comfort. Let's break the consumerism.
attitude #2
My chair is going to improve the existed comfort.
My chair is going to improve the existed comfort.
attitude #3I found my comfort. I don't need another chair.
I found my comfort. I don't need another chair.
Step 2
SEND YOUR IDEAS
It can be sketches, words, or images from your daily life. Try not to send us some Pinterest images.
Your ideas should include size, materials, ways for fabrication.
idea #1
Sketch
Sketch
idea #2
Photo
Photo
idea #3
Words
Words
Step 3
MATERIAL MATTERS
We would love to see how materials are ultilized in response to the comfort within our current social context.
FUNCTIONALLY?
ECONOMICALLY?
REBELLIOUSLY?
Whatever it is, we hope the material choice is wise.
FOUND OBJECTS
REUSED/RECYCLED PLASTIC
RECLAIMED MATERIALS
PLYWOOD
HARDWOOD
METAL
RAW PLASTIC
VIRGIN STYROFOAM
PLASTIC WRAP
RESIN
Step 4
MAKE YOUR CHAIRSSSS
Finally, make your chair. There is no fixed way to make yours. Your outcome could be for research purpose, a social experiment...
YOUR STUDIO
3NĂM STUDIO'S GARAGE
NÉM'S WORKSHOP
NÉM HELPS CONTACT A FABRICATOR
HIẾU FROM NÉM
Exhibition Spaces (TBD)
Exhibition Spaces
Type: Gallery, Garage, Abandoned house
TYPE 1
TYPE 2