CHAIRS ARE ABOUT DESIGN, MEMORY, HISTORY AND POWER

Chairs hold so much memory.

- RICKY TOLEDO & CHITO VIJANDRE

Red and Blue Chair by Gerrit Rietveld: Designed in 1917, it is one of the first explorations by the De Stijl art movement in its pursuit of a new visual language of pure abstraction.

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High chairs and mini versions of the adult ones bring back all the joys of childhood in our homes, while growing pains and difficult exams are associated with those school chairs with attached tables. Batibot chairs recall fun meriendas at soda fountains. A gallinera would make us remember Lola, who had one downstairs, a vestige of a past era when farmers waited and deposited their roosters in the cage underneath. Upstairs, the butaca recalls lazy afternoons lounging by the window to catch the summer breeze.