MATTEO GUARNACCIA - CROSS CULTURAL CHAIRS: 8 CHAIRS FROM 8 COUNTRIES
IN OBSERVING AND ANALYSING SOCIAL AND CULTURAL DIFFERENCES THROUGH CHAIRS FROM EIGHT CULTURES IN THE MOST POPULATED COUNTRIES, SICILIAN DESIGNER MATTEO GUARNACCIA WENT ON A FIELD RESEARCH TO PORTRAY EACH COUNTRY, IN COLLABORATION WITH SELECTED LOCAL DESIGN STUDIOS, TO SITUATE EACH CULTURAL CONTEXT INTO THE FORM OF A CHAIR. THIS PROJECT DIVERSIFIES THE SUPPOSEDLY MUNDANE PARTS OF CHAIR-CULTURE AND CHAIR DESIGN, TO OPEN THE CONVERSATION OF IDENTITY, COMMUNITY AND A REALITY DIVIDED INTO A GLOBAL AND LOCAL CONGLOMERATE EXPRESSION THROUGH CHAIRS.
388 PAGES
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2021
IN OBSERVING AND ANALYSING SOCIAL AND CULTURAL DIFFERENCES THROUGH CHAIRS FROM EIGHT CULTURES IN THE MOST POPULATED COUNTRIES, SICILIAN DESIGNER MATTEO GUARNACCIA WENT ON A FIELD RESEARCH TO PORTRAY EACH COUNTRY, IN COLLABORATION WITH SELECTED LOCAL DESIGN STUDIOS, TO SITUATE EACH CULTURAL CONTEXT INTO THE FORM OF A CHAIR. THIS PROJECT DIVERSIFIES THE SUPPOSEDLY MUNDANE PARTS OF CHAIR-CULTURE AND CHAIR DESIGN, TO OPEN THE CONVERSATION OF IDENTITY, COMMUNITY AND A REALITY DIVIDED INTO A GLOBAL AND LOCAL CONGLOMERATE EXPRESSION THROUGH CHAIRS.
388 PAGES
24 CM × 17 CM
SOFTCOVER
2021
