giovedì 12 marzo 2009

TINA ROEDER - APPLE DESIGN GALLERY


WHITE BILLION CHAIRS
33 BY TINA ROEDER


SOLO SHOW/
APPEL DESIGN GALLERY
WWW.APPEL-DESIGN.COM

OPENING 12 MARCH 2009 AT 18-22H
EXHIBITION13 – 31 MARCH 2009
OPEN TUE-SAT 12-20H

ADDRESS/
TORSTRASSE 114, 10119 BERLIN-MITTE

A COLLECTION (2002-2009) OF OLD AND RARE MONOBLOCK CHAIRS,
INDIVIDUALLY PERFORATED (UP TO TEN THOUSAND HOLES EACH) AND
SANDED IN ORDER TO GIVE THEM A NEW LIFE AND APPRECIATION.
NUMBERED LIMITED EDITION OF 33 UNIQUE PIECES.

THE MONOBLOCK’S BEAUTY LIES IN ITS DEMOCRATIC CONCEPT -
IT’S THE MOST SOLD CHAIR WORLDWIDE, EVERYONE CAN OWN IT.
THE PROJECT IS AN ATTEMPT TO REVEAL THE BEAUTY OF THAT IDEA
AND TO MAKE VISIBLE WHAT LIES BENEATH THE SURFACE.

A MASS PRODUCT MADE INTO A LIMITED EDITION RAISES THE QUESTION
OF ITS MATERIAL AND IMMATERIAL / SOCIETAL / CULTURAL /
AESTHETICAL / ETHICAL VALUES.

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WHITE PLASTIC CHAIRS WITH DRILLED HOLES, MATT SANDED.
VARIOUS SIZES.

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