9,5°

Behind this very simple piece of furniture art craft lies a long and complex process. The chair has drastically changed its characteristics several times along the way.
9,5° started out as an iconic chair. The icon was experimented on repeatedly to explore all aspects of something as simple as a chair, with the purpose of creating an entirely new chair. The ambition was to create an object in the borderland between art and design. Sculptural, yet functional.
The chair is tilted at 9,5 degrees. By tilting the chair and then elevating one end of the seat back to a straight angle, a triangle was created. This actually made the construction stronger and reduced the need for a stabilising cross rod.
In conclusion, it's not always wrong to be wrong. The deconstruction of the original design served a higher purpose.
In 2009, the interior architects behind the Knut Hamsun museum in Hamarøy, designed by Steven Holl, saw the chair in the "Nyttrom" interior magazine and decided to acquire 9,5° as the museum chair.
9,5° is part of Art with function – Design without.

Specifications
Designer/ Rasmus B. Fex
Year/ 2009
Material/ Ash
Product Size/ 45 x 40 x 85 cm
More info/ www.artwithfunctiondesignwithout.com // www.hamsunsenteret.no // www.stevenholl.com

RAPPORT

Experimental Spatial Structures by J. MAYER H.

Press Conference: 15.09.2011, 11 am
Opening: 15.9.2011, 7 pm

The exhibition "RAPPORT. Experimental Spatial Structures" offers new insights into the interdisciplinary approach of the architectural office J. MAYER H. For the first time J. MAYER H. has developed a walk-in installation for the museum's 10-metre high entrance area. Walls and floor are clad in carpeting on which data security patterns are printed in black and grey. The work's space-consuming concept negates the strict geometry of the entrance hall. The considerably enlarged, repeating patterns produce a flickering impression and transform the white cube into a playful scenario of interpermeating forms and structures. Supplementary three-dimensional models translate the two-dimensional patterns into concrete forms.

The title "Rapport" is intended to be ambiguous. As a specialist German-language term from textile manufacturing, it refers to the serial pattern of the installation. On the other hand, in the military field the term "Rapport" means a "dispatch", while in psychology it describes a human relationship in which those involved convey something to the others. In this sense it also refers to the starting material of the installation: data security patterns, which are used, for example, on the inside of envelopes. In this case, they stand for confidential communication between two parties.

A catalogue will be appearing for the exhibition, including a list of selected exhibitions and works by the architect, as well as explanatory texts by Thomas Koehler, Ursula Mueller and Georg Vrachliotis, and a biography annotated by Philip Norten.

Opening: September 15th 2011, 7pm
Exhibiton: September 16th 2011 - April 9th 2012
Location: Berlinische Galerie, Berlin, Germany
Architects: J. MAYER H. Architects, Juergen Mayer H., Jesko Malkolm Johnsson-Zahn, Wilko Hoffmann
Photos by: Ludger Paffrath and Jesko Malkolm Johnsson-Zahn

The exhibition is being facilitated with generous support from the Berliner Stadtreinigung as part of the initiative Trenntstadt Berlin.
The installation will be realised by Vorwerk.

http://www.berlinischegalerie.de/en/exhibitions/vorschau/j-mayer-h.html