CHAIR 373 (2026)

It can be difficult to pin down one’s artistic style. From a corporate perspective, a designer’s style is constantly adapting to the times, the needs of the project, and the desires of clients and audiences. Because so much of my creative energy has existed within that context, I struggled for years to define a personal artistic identity of my own.

At my first art show, a patron told me that while my ideas were strong, the work itself felt “all over the place.” I sat with that comment for a while until something finally clicked: my work could bridge graphic design and furniture.

Most of my adult career has focused on design through digital and experiential mediums, but rarely through furniture itself.

As mentioned elsewhere on this site, Donald Judd has been a significant influence, and I regularly study and recreate aspects of his work as a way of understanding form, proportion, and construction. While these pieces share certain sensibilities with Judd’s work, each design is original in its dimensions, proportions, and form.

I constructed these chairs from plywood and applied the graphics using a self-burned, large-format screen print. The design pays homage to my career across both art and design, while also drawing inspiration from the location and identity of my current Tribeca studio, just off Broadway in New York City.

Written by Jack Hazzard on October 7, 2026