One good chair

The launch of the third annual ONE GOOD CHAIR design competition.

Co-sponsored by the Sustainable Furnishings Council, the World Market Center, and shapeofgreendesign.com

2010 THEME:

minimum/MAXIMUM

How little material can you use to make the most of a chair?

How little packaging can you use to reach the most people?

Can you design a chair that is almost nothing and almost everything at the
same time?

DETAILS:

. Phase 1 (concept): entries due JUNE 15.
. Phase 2 (fabrication): Prototypes for three finalists will be
fabricated, and final decisions will judge the physical chair in FEBRUARY
2011.
. Cash prizes (amount TBD).
. Finalists will travel to the judging and awards ceremony at the
Winter Market in Las Vegas, February 2011.

PHASE 1 JURY:

. Jose Atienza, William McDonough + Partners

. Kate Bolick, author, Deceived With Ornament: The Inner Life of the
American Home

. Shashi Caan, The Shashi Caan Collective

. Helene Cany, finalist, One Good Chair 2009

. John Cary, Public Architecture

. Dawn Danby, Autodesk

. Ingrid Fetell, author, The Aesthetics of Joy

. Pliny Fisk, Sustainable Earth Technologies

. Nataly Gattegno, Future Cities Lab

. Lance Hosey (jury chair and organizer), author, The Shape of Green: Aesthetics, Ecology, and Design

. Toby Israel, Design Psychology

. Janine James, The Moderns

. Wendy Jedlicka, Jedlicka Design

. Jason Johnson, Future Cities Lab

. Antonio Larosa, Savannah College of Art and Design

. Richard Liddle, Cohda Design

. Daniel Michalik, DMFD

. Neri Oxman, Material Ecology

. Virginia Postrel, author, The Substance of Style

. Andrew Whalley, Grimshaw Architects

. Adam Yarinsky, Architecture Research Office