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umasi chair

"umasi chair"

(subtitled "collateral damage")

baltic birch, mdf, reclaimed longleaf pine

26" x 30" x 31"h

2008

designed by wells mason

price on request


these chairs target the issue of incidental death as a result of war.  women. children.  fathers.  responsible citizens of the community.  in the blink of an eye, they lose their life, for somebody else’s war, for somebody else’s reasons. they’re killed by mistake — but, by definition, it’s considered an acceptable loss. these chairs, I think, suggest the true nature of our disposable society.


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