Estudio Normal & IDA Foundation present an exhibition centered on the BKF chair

Under the title Origen, Estudio Normal and Fundación IDA are organizing an exhibition centered on the BKF chair, presenting it as a fundamental piece of Argentine design history and a key element of the design language of the BKF+H project, developed by Estudio Normal. With contributions from Fundación IDA, the exhibition is enriched by previously unpublished archival documentation related to the history of the chair and its creators.

Created in Buenos Aires in 1938, the BKF chair owes its name to its creators, architects Antonio Bonet, Juan Kurchan, and Jorge Ferrari Hardoy, founding members of the Austral Group, which was later joined by other architects, artists, and intellectuals. Estudio Normal began its BKF+H project in 2011, using the chair as a module to create a new formal language that accommodates different spatial configurations and programs.

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For the 2022 Coachella Music & Arts Festival, the architecture and design studio founded by Martín Huberman designed Cocoon (BKF+H300) using 300 reproductions of the chair's frame. Serving as a beacon for gathering and performance, this installation reclaimed the complete narrative of a design that was widely copied in the United States, overshadowing its original creators and depriving them of international recognition.

Meanwhile, Martín Huberman's new public project, Glorieta (BKF+H12), is launching at the studio on the corner of Suipacha and Paraguay in downtown Buenos Aires, offering a flexible and domestic architectural space on the rooftop terrace.

The Origen exhibition can be visited this Saturday, June 11, 2022, between 12:00 PM and 6:00 PM at the Casa de Estudios para Artistas (Bonet, Vera Barros, and López Chas, 1938). Prior registration is required at the following link.