Design 
27 February 2025
Design 
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Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown

Hepplewhite chair

Knoll International
USA, 1984
laminate over plywood 34½ h × 23 w × 24 d in (88 × 58 × 61 cm)
estimate: $2,000–3,000
result: $7,620
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literature: Design for Living: Furniture and Lighting 1950-2000, Hanks, Hoy, and Eidelberg, pg. 166 Out of the Ordinary: Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown, and Associates: Architecture, Urbanism, Design, Brownlee, pg. 210

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They’re examples of Postmodernism and I realized maybe this is the reason I like difficult furniture or atonal furniture. You don’t go, “Okay’s where’s my chairs?” You go “Holy shit what is that thing?” You have to think about it. It invades you and makes your feel uncomfortable in a lot of ways, and that’s the point. It opens up dialogue.

Jim Walrod on Venturi

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