Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center and Mobilia present
The Modern Chair – Thursday, November 9, 7:30p.m.
at Mobilia, 43 Haywood St. in downtown Asheville
$7 admission / $5 members of BMCM+AC or AIA and students w/ID
A presentation about the evolution of The Modern Chair…
Architect and Mobilia owner Cynthia Turner, AIA will trace the evolution of furniture design in a lecture entitled, “The Modern Chair”. From the early pioneers of modern furniture design through the post-war era, Turner will discuss the impact of modern design on an object of everyday use, the chair. Industrial processes, materials, technology, ergonomics, philosophy and popular culture are all factors that influenced designers throughout the 20th century. Turner will focus on seminal chair designs that have impacted the evolution of modern furniture and the colorful stories of their creators.
A reception and raffle of a Wassily chair will follow the lecture. Proceeds will benefit the Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center.
Co-Sponsored by Mobilia.
This presentation is held in conjunction with the exhibition THINKING AHEAD: Progressive Design + Black Mountain College on view at the Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center until December 30, 2006.
THINKING AHEAD: Progressive Design + Black Mountain College received support from the North Carolina Arts Council, The Mary Duke Biddle Foundation, AIA Asheville, Mobilia, BlackBird Frame & Art, P B C & L Architecture, and the UNCA Office of Cultural & Special Events. The exhibition and its related programming are part of a community wide celebration of the importance and influence of Black Mountain College.
