This is a chair called 'Perspective', designed by Pharrell Williams in conjuction with Domeau and Peres for an exhibition at the Emmanuel Perrotin Galerie. The chair will be on display, along with another chair design and a table, October 21, 2008 through Jaunuary 10, 2009, in Paris. The 'Perspective' chair will be reproduced in three other colors in a limited amount to be sold.
Pharrell's take on his design, is a way to 'sit in the seat of' rather than 'in the shoes of' people that are really in love, as he states he has never been. The front legs of the chair resemble a woman's from the knees down, standing on the balls of her feet. The back legs are of a man standing firmly behind her. The chair represents compromise married with constructed gender roles, positively, in my opinion. The female represented in the forefront displays the security the man has in the woman to be the face of the relationship and his role to stand behind her and support her. In addition to this, in light of obvious reasons to differentiate gender, the standing on the balls of her feet define a difference in height, or stature and her rising to meet her lover's perspective. To sit in the chair is to recognize that some of us were born to this loving relationship, and that it is something most of us aspire to or desire.
If I could I would. Trust me.
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