Work, London

Rosie Lee

Deck Chair

8 Skateboards. 5 Artists. 1 Chair.

Whether on behalf of clients or for ourselves, we’re not afraid to experiment when producing creative work. Our appetite for reinvention led us to our latest self-initiated project: building a chair made of skateboard decks that plays with the differing design languages of the two mediums. And looks nice.

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After our team noticed the similarity between the curves of skateboard decks and those of designer furniture, they built a prototype that demonstrated the aesthetic potential of this kind of fusion.

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To further ground the project in the world of skate culture, we invited 5 of our favourite artists — Annu Kilpelainen, Fos, Yué Wu, Ged Wells and Mark Ward — to customise their own decks.

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We then asked skateboarding friends to break them in – obviously.


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These boards were used to assemble v2 of the Deck Chair, their bespoke visuals and skate-fresh patina serving to subvert common conceptions of furniture design.

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In total, it took 8 decks, 74 bolts, 8 bushings, 4 bushing washers and 136 washers to create a unique piece of furniture that’s as inspired by counter-culture as it is high-end industrial design. Learn more about its production on our Deck Chair blog – complete with cut-in-half kingpin bolt that forms its logo.