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Multiple Danforth campus libraries will be closed and inaccessible to patrons from December 21 until January 2. Read on for more details. 

Photo of the chairs on top of the shelves on display in the Art & Architecture Library.
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Kranzberg Library of Art and Architecture

11 Wood+ Chairs Designed by Architects+ 1807-1996

The 11 Wood+ Chairs Designed by Architects+ 1807-1996 exhibition from the 2021 Design Culture course features 11 wood chair designs dating from 1807-1996, designed by architects, designers, and artists including, among others: Franco Albini, Riccardo Blumer, Giuseppe Gaetano Descalzi, Charles and Ray Eames, Donald Judd, Angelo Mangiarotti, Gio Ponti, and Gerrit Rietveld.

The photo is of the exhibition, chairs of various design on top of magazine shelves inside the Art & Architecture Library.
A view of the Design Culture Chair exhibition from Professor Stephen Leet on display at the Kenneth and Nancy Kranzberg Art & Architecture Library.
A view of the chairs within the Design Culture exhibition that show all of the chairs in a line with their legs showing.

The exhibition is organized by professor Stephen Leet in conjunction with the fall 2021 course Design Culture, with support from teaching assistant Qingshan Hu. Lenders include Centro Modern Furnishings St. Louis; Emiliano Lopez (senior lecturer) and Mónica Rivera (professor of practice and chair of graduate architecture); and a private collection.

For more details on what visitors will see at the exhibition, please browse the 11 Wood+ Chairs Designed by Architects+ 1807-1996 PDF checklist.

Header image: Professor Stephen Leet. 11 Wood+ Chairs Designed by Architects+ 1807-1996, 2021. Digital print.