Description:

Hussein Chalayan is the maker of a set of portable furniture, including a coffee table that transforms into a wooden skirt, 4 chairs cases that transform in to dresses or fold into travel suitcases. The living room set on the catwalk stage was turned into dresses and suitcases so the models leave with their homes on their backs.

Goals:

It was inspired by the designer's thinking on the wartime impermanence that finds homes raided and families forced to flee or be killed.

Beneficial Outcomes:

The furniture is portable and wearable.

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