Modular Mechanics Hairy Armchair
A chair to consider connections and materiality, 2017
James Shaw (UK)
The Modular Mechanics Hairy Armchair explores joints between different materials riffing on traditional furniture-making techniques. Made from ash timber, plastic timber, brass, Icelandic sheepskin and faux fur, this chair is an exploration of real and fake materials and the way they make up the world around us.
BIO
James is a graduate of the Royal College of Art Design Products programme. He now runs a studio in South London specialising in the design and manufacture of bespoke and production furniture and products, sculptural objects and material research.
James has exhibited internationally at venues including at The Design Museum, the V&A, the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA), Boijmans van Beuningen Museum and The Museum of Modern Art, New York, (MoMA). He has been nominated for the Design Museum Designs of the Year Award and won the Arc Chair Design Award. His work is in the permanent collections of MoMA, the Montreal Museum of Art and the Vitra Design Museum, among others.