Starchitect’s Chair - Architecture You Can Sit On!

PREMISE

Wiggle Chair by Frank Gehry… 

Barrel Chair by Frank Lloyd Wright… 

Tulip Chair by Eero Saarinen… 

Z-Chair by Zaha Hadid…

As long as architects have been designing buildings, they’ve also been designing the chairs that feature within them. In order to have complete control over how users experience their buildings, Starchitects have masterfully crafted chairs that complement their design language.

While architecture sets the scene, a chair can have a strong influence on the interior’s character. The Barcelona Pavilion is incomplete without the Barcelona Chair and so is the Villa Savoye without the LC4 Chaise Lounge.

The Starchitect’s Chair design competition is looking for the next iconic chair.

Visit www.theCharette.org to participate.

DESIGN SYNOPSIS

Through training and experience, architects acquire a wide range of skills that enable them to design at any scale – from urban to product design. Designing a chair requires a deep understanding of the scale and dimensions of the human body.

Imagine yourself as the next starchitect. Your buildings would need an iconic chair to accompany them. The chair needs to be more than a place to sit on. It needs to be a work of art!

Design a chair that immerses the user in your design philosophy. The chair needs to take into consideration multiple aspects – aesthetics, materials, fabrication, and – most importantly – comfort. You can design any kind of chair – office chair, lounge chair, outdoor chair or something unique!

Can you design the next iconic chair?

Visit www.theCharette.org to participate.

SUBMISSION

Participants are required to submit one Presentation Board (Landscape A1) in the form of one JPG/JPEG file for the ‘Starchitect’s Chair’ design competition.

AWARDS

Custom Designed Trophies, Certificates of Achievement, Exclusive Interviews and Publications to honour the best entries. For more information, visit www.theCharette.org

• Top 3 Winners
• 10 Honorable Mentions
• Top 30 Entries

REGISTRATION & TIMELINE

'Starchitect’s Chair' is open to all creative people – architects, students, planners, interior designers, product designers, and all problem solvers! Design proposals can be developed individually or in teams of a maximum of 4 participants.

• Advance Entry: 1 Apr - 30 Apr 2022
• Early Entry: 1 May - 31 May 2022
• Standard Entry: 1 Jun - 30 Jun 2022

• Submission Deadline: 31 July 2022
• Results: 31 August 2022

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