oh, chairs…We love chairs and were excited when we were asked by ON magazine to participate in “1×3″ to redo an Aidan Gray chair for Dwell with Dignity. There are three designers recreating chairs to be auctioned off at their one year celebration. Visit style/SWOON for more information. Additional images below by Molly Dickson.
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Just a little background behind our chair: A clean slate our the underlying inspiration. Thus we chose the white glossy vinyl to cover the seat and painted the chair white. When I think of Dwell with Dignity I think about people who are hopeful and looking to start fresh. They aren’t perfect, as no one is (thus the distressing of the frame of the chair) but I feel like this is a point in their lives where they have a golden opportunity to start over (thus the back of the chair is painted gold…not shown in the photos) and the feathers are all about a fresh start. We researched symbols and tried to pair them with current design trends. In dreams feathers mean travel or the ability to move more freely in life. White feathers in dreams indicate innocence or a fresh start in a spiritual sense. I loved that. And to me, the flock of them feels like the many, many people that come together to be a part of helping these individuals get back on their feet again.
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