U S E L E S S
C H A I R S
The Process
Sketches
Every series starts with conceptual brainstorming sketches and simple titles. These aren't just a guide, they are creative process.
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Moquettes
After sketching, moquettes are a vital step in the creative project where more design ideas will emerge. Creating in three dimensions uncovers another layer of design oportunites.
Final Chairs
Workshop drawings are being designed for the first full-sized chair. Check back for updates and future exhibitions.
Moquette Gallery
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Tall
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Shallow
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Capsize
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Missing
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Centered
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Short
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Pitched
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Topple
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Flip
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Skew
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Slim
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On Edge
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Slide
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Bow
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Jumble
About
Useless Chairs, a series
Parodying mass media and exaggerating certain formal aspects inherent to our contemporary society, the series “Useless Chairs” can be seen as self-portraits. Sometimes they appear idiosyncratic and quirky, at other times, they seem typical by-products of American superabundance and marketing.
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Designer/Artist
Melissa Sabol is a multidisciplinary designer/artist. Sabol's work seduces the viewer into a world of ongoing equilibrium and the interval that articulates the stream of daily events. Moments are depicted that only exist to punctuate the human drama in order to clarify our existence and to find poetic meaning in everyday life.
Her work is saturated with obviousness, mental inertia, clichés and bad jokes. They question the coerciveness that is derived from the more profound meaning and the superficial aesthetic appearance of objects.
Melissa Sabol currently lives and works in Joshua Tree, Ca.