100th chair revealed 100 Chairs in 100 Days exhibition

Designed and made in Melbourne, the 100th Chair for the 100 Chairs in 100 Days: Martino Gamper exhibition at RMIT University Design Hub has been revealed.

Renowned for his cross-disciplinary and culturally responsive approach to design, London-based Martino Gamper first came to international acclaim with 100 Chairs in 100 Days.

In this project Gamper collected disused chairs from alleyways and friends’ homes and reassembled them – one per day – into poetic and often humourous forms.

Since its first iteration in London, 100 Chairs in 100 Days has travelled to Dusseldorf, Milan, San Francisco, Firminy, Athen, Marugame and now, for the first time, to Australia at RMIT Design Hub this Thursday.

Each time the collection is shown, Gamper creates a new 100th chair, in one day, informed by the people, culture and architecture of the place in which it is made.

Materials for the Melbourne 100th chair, titled Springmate, were sourced from RMIT Design Hub and the University’s workshops, and through a call-out to the community for objects that held personal significance for the owner.

Exhibition details:

100 Chairs in 100 Days: Martino Gamper

RMIT Design Hub, RMIT University, Building 100, Corner of Victoria and Swanston Streets, Carlton

Friday 26 February to Saturday 9 April

Tuesday to Friday, 11am to 6pm, Saturday 12 to 5pm

Free admission