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Another Chair by Karen Ryan

Designer Karen Ryan has sent us images of Another Chair, a new project that adapts unwanted chairs into new combinations.

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The chairs form part of Ryan's Boarded Up collection, which was shown at Designersblock in London last month.

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Here are more projects by Karen Ryan on Dezeen:

Wood Work
Untitled Lights
Unmade 07

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The following is from Karen Ryan:

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‘Another Chair’
Part of the Boarded Up Collection.

I cannot help myself I just wanted to make another chair. A chair that was beautifully hand crafted and designed entirely by me.

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A chair that showcased my love of structures made out of raw wood. But my conscience won over me as I stared at a further three discarded chairs that were now stacked in my studio.

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At that moment my brief to myself was set, I would make my chair but it would be supported by the cultural histories of other chairs, transparent of its found state and bearing clear testament to its new construction.

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