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19 Chairs runs at Protein Studios in Shoreditch from May 20-23 - Credit: Tom and Will Butterfield An exhibition and charity auction of chairs customised by world renowned artists and designers runs in Shoreditch. Finsbury Park artist Morag Myerscough, artist and set designer Es Devlin, and designer Tom Dixon are among those who have contributed to 19 Chairs at Protein Studios in New Inn Yard. An online charity auction - closing on May 31 - runs in parallel, raising money for Age UK and Resourcing Racial Justice. Chair designed by Finsbury Park artist Morag Myerscough - Credit: 19 Chairs Rea...

London designers Tom Dixon and Es Devlin and provocateur Max Siedentopf are among 19 makers and artists who have reimagined a simple wooden chair as part of the 19 Chairs charity project. Organised by London designers Tom and Will Butterfield, the project began during the coronavirus lockdown last spring when the two brothers created 19 different versions of the "gloriously common furniture piece" using only 27-by 27-millimetre square section timber and wood screws. Top image: Harry Grundy embedded a cactus into his seat. Above: Benjamin Edgar's chair is titled Tired, but Quite Optimistic In ...