2009 Wallpaper*/Martino Gamper: Chair Arch

Wallpaper* took the Victorian idea of the chair arch - a monumental arch of chairs that was erected as a celebration of the local High Wycombe chair making industry for a number of visits by dignitaries', including Queen Victoria - and gave it a modern makeover. 

They commissioned Italian designer Martino Gamper who created a vision of two overlapping arches, comprised of ercol's iconic stacking chair. This monumental installation was five metres high and over twelve metres across. It was located at the heart of this year's London Design Festival, in the central courtyard of the V&A museum, the John Madjeski Garden.