PWP080 - I Have Never Built A Chair Before
by Van Maltese and Lauren Reed

Risograph-printed zine; with contributions by Peter Fleming, Jenine Marsh, Jonathan Sabine, Manden Murphy, Liam Crockard and Hannah Pax - Enkel

Size - 5 inches by 8 inches

Edition of 100

Accompanied by folded poster of instructions

$20, click here to purchase

Artists' Statement:

In late 2021, we began working through Enzo Mari's instructions for the Sedia 1 chair, initially published in Proposta per un'autoprogettazione, his 1974 catalogue of open-source furniture. Two VERY slow years later, we had completed three unique interpretations, titling them Sedia 1, Sedia 2, and Sedia 3.

This project was an exercise in doubt, frustration and curiosity - neither of us had ever built chairs before. Throughout the process, we found ourselves reflecting on our reasons for choosing to work through this particular chair design at this particular time.

I Have Never Built a Chair Before is a risograph zine responding to this. It documents our collaborative process and contains 6 written responses to Mari's Autoprogettazione? project by the following contributors: Peter Fleming, Jenine Marsh, Jonathan Sabine, Manden Murphy, Liam Crockard, and Hannah Pax - Enkel.

Each edition comes with a folded set of instructions that includes the measurements and material specifications used for building our versions of Mari's chair.

Documentation of completed chairs by Ryan Nangreaves.