YEAR: Spring 2014-Spring 2015
SIZE: 150 SF
TEAM: Jordan Meerdink, Cecil Barnes
LOCATION: Morningside, NYC
This installation was a one-year design collaboration. The student-led publication C-O-L-O-N was seeking a way to display is material at the yearly ‘End of Year Show’. We designed a single elongated display chair for the 2014 EOYS that would be paired with a second, similar yet distinct, brother the following year. The first chair was an elongated ladder chair built in a style reminiscent of an American Quaker design. The second chair, while similar in size and proportion, is more richly detailed with elements of Chippendale accents. Both chairs were constructed from red oak. The detailing choices on the chairs resulted from conversations with the magazine’s staff who thought the chairs should attempt to embody the ethos of the publication. Namely, the chairs should stimulate differing viewpoints and encourage dialogue stemming from the publication. Placing the chairs together encourages the user to pull out a magazine and sit and discuss its contents as a series of continuing arguments.
“Architecture school is all about conversations. In desk crits, pin-ups, seminars, and lectures, we talk a lot about a lot of things with a lot of people. : (C-O-L-O-N ) uses the conversation as a format to critically explore the uncertainty and contradictions in contemporary architectural discourse. Each issue of : involves a reading group and a series of interviews and conversations with scholars and professionals. The publication was launched the fall of 2013 and receives funding through the dean’s office.” -C-O-L-O-N
