Forever Chair

Professors: Ryan Donohoe & Millrace woodshop tech Kevin

"In the landscape of objects that travel at an ever greater speed from the factory to the dustbin, it is possible to think of inserting objects that last and know how to age, acting as a medium for memory and functioning as slow analogue timepieces, that mark the passage of time by changing."
Ezio Manzini

Transforming raw materials into consumer products should be one very carefully and must consider the life of the object for generations. The objective of this assignment is to design and build a piece of furniture that responds to unchanging human needs in an attempt to make a meaningful object that avoids prematurely becoming obsolete, irrelevant, or defective.