Solid Birch School Chair From Closed Chicago Public School, With Reclaimed Plastic Swivel Base
Civil Defense: Partial Dining Set. As seen at the Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago. The chairs in this series (there are 2 existing. price listed is for each chair.) are part of Preus's Social Furniture project which takes materials salvaged from the closed Chicago Public Schools and refashions them into art/design objects. Preus is currently working with Chicago developers and social service organizations to develop some of these objects into limited production items, using local labor.
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Dilettante Studios (DS) is a small, full-service design/build studio specializing in hand-crafted furniture, cabinets, carpentry, built-ins, environments, installations and art fabrication, using primarily found, inherited, re-purposed and salvaged materials. We also work with virgin materials when necessary, but do our best to go second-hand whenever possible, as both a principle and an invited opportunity for adaptive design. We hope you will work with us for our expertise as much as our commitments to waste reduction and creativity.
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