Statement
Pieces
Climate change becomes a muse
in modern design.
The Goodsyour settee isn’t just for sitting.
And your table isn’t only for eating
anymore, either. Furniture is
becoming more than its function and
greater than its form—it’s conveying
a message. For Virgil Abloh, the
missive is admittedly bleak: The
American designer, known for
creating the fashion houseOff-White and helming Louis
Vuitton’s menswear, recently debuted
Alaska, a polished-bronze chair
that appears to be sinking into the
ground—a comment on rising sea
levels. A bit blunt, yes, but that’s the
idea behind the conversation-starting
furnishings in Carpenters Workshop
Gallery’s Dysfunctional exhibit, onART & DESIGN
62 AUGUST 2019
Nacho Carbonell’s
Under a Light Tree,
at Carpenters
Workshop Gallery’s
Dysfunctional
exhibit in Venice.The GoodsStatement
Pieces
Climatechangebecomesa muse
inmoderndesign.
your settee isn’t just for sitting.
And your table isn’t only for eating
anymore, either. Furniture is
becoming more than its function and
greater than its form—it’s conveying
a message. For Virgil Abloh, the
missive is admittedly bleak: The
American designer, known for
creating the fashion houseOff-White and helming Louis
Vuitton’s menswear, recently debuted
Alaska, a polished-bronze chair
that appears to be sinking into the
ground—a comment on rising sea
levels. A bit blunt, yes, but that’s the
idea behind the conversation-starting
furnishings in Carpenters Workshop
Gallery’s Dysfunctional exhibit, on62 AUGUST 2019
Nacho Carbonell’s
Under a Light Tree,
at Carpenters
Workshop Gallery’s
Dysfunctional
exhibit in Venice.TheGoods