Muecke Chair

Description

In his first collaboration with Knoll, Muecke applies the principles of his art practice to create an all-wood dining collection with the familiarity of a kitchen table and chairs. “I like to take things for what they are and not try to imagine what someone intended them to be,” explains Muecke. “Ultimately these are generous objects.”

Material comes first for every Jonathan Muecke project. For this collection he chose wood because it’s common and warm. "Plus, it has grain," he says. "We can think of this as material.”

By rounding solid wood into cylindrical dowels, Muecke erased distinctions between face and edge grain and put end grain on view. To keep end grain exposed, the rounded wood pieces pass each other on nearby planes and connect where they meet by a floating tenon. The distinct joinery is repeated across the collection.

Trained as an architect, Jonathan Muecke thinks more about spatial relationships than any individual object. “I don’t think about chairs and tables as objects,” he says. “I think about a chair in terms of material—as a marker of human scale, a physical record in relational space.

Product ID: 1875164

Options

This product can be further customised, please enquire for more information.

Dimensions

Width: 450mm
Depth: 510mm
Height: 770mm
Seat Height: 440mm

Warranty

This product is covered by a 5-year conditional warranty.

Sustainability

Our operations are carbon neutral. The local and international freight we organise to deliver this product to you will be offset through the purchase of Verified Carbon Standard carbon credits.