Muecke Dining Chair

To architect and sculptor Jonathan Muecke, material is elemental, repetition is clarity, and logic is freedom. In his first commercial collaboration with Knoll, Muecke applies the principles of his art practice to create an all-wood dining collection with the familiarity of a kitchen table and chairs. “I like to take things for what they are and not try to imagine what someone intended them to be,” explains Muecke. “Ultimately these are generous objects.”

FEATURES
Material comes first for every Jonathan Muecke project. For this collection he chose wood because it’s common and warm. "Plus, it has grain," he says. "We can think of this as material.”
Trained as an architect, Jonathan Muecke thinks more about spatial relationships than any individual object. “I don’t think about chairs and tables as objects,” he says. “I think about a chair in terms of material—as a marker of human scale, a physical record in relational space.
Whether he’s creating furniture or sculpture, Muecke seeks to identify and express the internal logic of his materials. It’s a process he finds generous and freeing. “Only when something has internal logic does it have a have a chance at external relationships with other things.

CONSTRUCTION
The frame is made of solid wood. The seat and backrest consist of a curved plywood panel, topped with sliced veneer in a wood finish matching the frame. Each piece features the Knoll logo, stamped as a mark of authenticity and quality.

FINISHES
The collection is available in natural oak, ebony and Oxford Walnut.