Modern Revivals: Contemporary New Zealand Furniture
Wellington’s The Dowse presents an exhibition features award-winning, New Zealand-designed furniture that draws upon the lines and functionality of modernist twentieth century design. The designers represented in Modern Revivals address 21-century concerns of dwindling resources, sustainability, space, cost and comfort.
The exhibition features more than 20 pieces of furniture, including work by Simon James, Nathan Goldsworthy, Designtree, Well-Groomed-Fox, David Moreland, Douglas and Bec, Clark Bardsley, Timothy John, Tréology, Neal Smith, Tim Webber, Candywhistle, Jamie McClellan, Duncan Sargent, Y.S. Collective and Fitzsimons.
Operating as craftspeople within a commercial market, these designers occupy a space between mass production and individual handcrafting. They produce everyday objects such as chairs, tables and lamps with careful attention to the function and beauty.