J39.5 COLLECTIBLE NEWYORK

J39.5 is a series of chairs made up of reassembled parts of Borge Mogensen’s J39.
We came across a J39 with a missing leg and a cracked backrest at a vintage furniture warehouse. There were some damaged J39s that were difficult to repair because of cost, time, and effort. We decided to take them back, as we felt that we could create new value for them. With respect to Mogensen who redesigned the Shaker chair to create the J39, we redesigned it by reconfiguring the remaining parts instead of adding new materials and adding 0.5 design as a change of mindset.
The new ideas gained through the design process led to a more active relationship with the furniture, finding new value in objects that had lost their value and function, and triggering thinking about sustainability in furniture.

𝗖𝗢𝗟𝗟𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗕𝗟𝗘 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗬𝗢𝗥𝗞
September 5—8, 2024 Water Street Projects WSA, 161 Water St New York, 10038