The Bodleian Libraries Chair was the winner of the Icon Awards 2014 Furniture Design of the Year.
The three-legged oak chair is a contemporary response to the brief which combines a strong sense of craft heritage, sculptural form and complex reader requirements. The chair is crafted to be comfortably sat in for many hours.
Barber & Osgerby identified the rear view of the chair as critical to the concept of the design – the most visible aspect when the chair is in situ. A strong vertical timber, resembling the spines of books on shelves, forms one of the three legs that attaches to the sled base.
The Bodleian Libraries Chair was announced as the winner of the Icon Awards 2014 Furniture Design of the Year.
