Architecture of necessity

A great phrase, used by artist and designer Ernesto Oroza to describe the homespun design solutions of his native Havana. He has a tumblr devoted to his images of these objects and buildings, and many of them consist of chairs mended with bits of other chairs. They’re creative, honest solutions made using what is to hand, and beautiful too, in their own way. Which is lucky, as sooner or later this will probably be the future of chairs generally.

Architecture of necessity

ARchitecture of necessity

Havana design

Mended chair

This last image isn’t a chair, but I put it in because I think this is going on my kitchen moodboard. That’ll be the pink. And the knives…

DIY plate rack

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