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Whalebones, bikinis and a throne: New Zealand design history in 110 chairs

Kim Knight
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Senior journalist and restaurant critic·NZ Herald·
9 mins to read

Kim Knight explores The Chair - a new exhibition at Auckland’s Objectspace showcasing 170 years of New Zealand’s furniture-making history

Deep in west Auckland, a photographer screeches to a halt. There! In the wild! Three chairs designed for Wellington Library, now waiting for customers in a suburban fish and chip shop.

Chairs are ubiquitous - pull up a pew, take off a load, please be seated - but how often do we really consider what we’re sitting on?

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