LAMB, Max
Exercises in Seating Volumes 1–3

Dear chairs.

You are gathered now in our quiet red house.

You are above us. in the hall. as we sleep. The hall's volume is vast but your presence gives it weight. You are all of this place, the arts, the crafts.

Some of you are made from things that were left behind, given purpose. Others come from far away in place and time, your ancientness made modern. Others have been cleaved together, cleaved apart.

Of his mind and of his body. You are so human, your arms, your legs, your backs. Holding hands in a circle, a beginning but no end.

With love, Gemma & Ivo

—“Ode to Chairs,” 2025

OMG this new Exercises in Seating is 3 books in 1, or actually 5 booklets bound into one book of 296 pages !?**¡

It gathers:
– Exercises in Seating 3, a brand new edition, featuring 40 seats designed and made since 2015;
– Exercises in Seating 2, first printed in 2016, ft. 10 seats made between 2015 and 2016;
– Exercises in Seating, first printed in 2015, then reprinted in 2017, ft. 37 seats made between 2006 and 2015

Exercises in Seating Volumes 1–3 is edited by Max Lamb / Åbäke, Gemma Holt, Sarah Simpkin; with texts by Tom Dixon, Laura Houseley, and Sarah Simpkin.

Published by Dent-De-Leone, 2025
Design by Kajsa of Åbäke
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