IG: @kyra.aboujaoude

Furniture For Friends

My interest in furniture and how it brings people together was sparked by my visit to Lebanon and my teta’s (grandmother’s) living room. I am fascinated by our relationship with furniture and the spaces we occupy. I designed this piece around the theatricality and ridiculousness of Baroque and Rococo aesthetics, bringing it into the modern era with my own flare. Its highly interactive nature is meant to emphasize the inherent socialization in furniture and explores how furniture objects facilitate emotional responses.


This two person rocking chair is made to be used in a variety of ways, sitting or standing. Familiar furniture features and shapes indicate places to rest the body and ways to interact with the object. It requires two bodies to use (or some creative thinking from a single user). It is entirely dependent on human interaction to become a functional object, as when it is not in motion it is completely useless, thus emphasizing the codependent relationship between furniture and our bodies.

Bio

Kyra Aboujaoude is a Lebanese-American woodworker, metalsmith, illustrator, and sculptor. She received her BFA in Woodworking & Furniture at Maine College of Art & Design in 2023.


Not limited by one artform, their practice is defined more by materials and textures, creating furniture and objects through a surrealist impression and unnerving sensory experiences. Drawing inspiration from self-reflection, their Lebanese heritage, and the act of making rather than any specific medium or tradition, they bring a sketchy, illustrative style to life in three or more dimensions.