Writing about a Chair

Have I mentioned I was writing about a chair?  It was as part of another lovely 26 challenge - this time to respond in exactly 100 words to an object on display as part of this year's London Design Festival.

And this is the chair that inspired me, designed by Sean Dare Studio -

And here's the poem -

       Viewed,

from the floor -

     a high Zeppelin,

     primed for the sky,

     only just permits

     the tethering

     of little legs

from the side -

     a fat lady's corset

     braves the bulge,

     smoothes ridges

     and ruckles

     into one persuasive curve

    

from the front -   

     open-armed and ample,

     an urbane settle

     an upholstered inglenook

     a cushioned invitation -

     come to me

from inside -

     for two,

     a snug of secrets -

     knees touching,

     whispers contained

     between confidential walls -

     no design for strangers

     and for one,   

     wide-winged,

     a Brontë bonnet -

     a singular parsonage -

     a niche for thought,

     buffered, sheltering,

     shuts out

     the rackety world

     like wind off the moors

And here it is, in Fiera Issue 1, recently launched in London -

Did I mention I love 26 projects?  And that there's another one coming up in the new year, based in the Foundling Museum in London?  3 huzzahs for 2015 - already looking good!