Thinking Seriously About Furniture

By Melissa Tuckman

In 1926, Bauhaus artist Marcel Breuer designed what would become one of the world’s most popular chairs. The Breuer Chair, made from a single tube of lightweight steel, became a classic of modernist design. But Gord Peteran, a Canadian artist, believes that few people truly appreciate the chair’s graceful efficiency.

After finding a Breuer frame in a dumpster, Peteran wondered: how could he reinvigorate the chair? How could he “say again” what Breuer had said Read more