Here’s some news for parents living in the UK. The V&A Museum of Childhood is going to showcase it’s Sit Down Chairs For Kids exhibition, inviting fellow parents to consider just what makes a successful chair. Is it comfort? Is it style? Or ease of use?
Spanning four centuries, the exhibition features over 70 examples of seating made for children, ranging from school chairs to armchairs, saddles to swings, highchairs to potties. Designs by Charles Eames, Vitra and El Ultimo Grito are on display, as well as the Modernist high chair by Dutch architect Gerrit Rietveld and Spotty, the 1960s paper chairs for kids designed by Peter Murdoch.
Ideas around the growing popularity of designer chairs for kids as well as how and why styles have changed over the centuries are also considered.
After centuries of traditional seating forms following accepted design conventions, the 20th century witnessed an explosion of creative solutions to the idea of seating, including chairs for kids. This exploration of new forms, materials, and production methods, as well as technological developments, resulted in more colourful and innovative seating designs for children.
I’ve also found an armchair which might just catch your child’s interest:
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