JW Anderson has not simply placed its name on a furniture line but amplified a maker whose work is already born of its environment. The collaboration with Hope Springs Chairs brings the deft hand of East Sussex chairmaker Jason Mosseri into the revered brand’s expanding world.
Mosseri, trained under American chairmaker Curtis Buchanan, works from his woodland studio using elm, ash, oak and chestnut from local estates. There are six fastidious models in the series – Wedding Cake Armchair, Note Armchair, Morris Armchair, Luna Armchair, Lobster Pot Armchair and English Armchair – ebonised with revealed hardwood seats finished to a satin sheen.
The collaboration also arrives at a moment when conversations around sustainability have become inseparable from style. These chairs represent slow luxury, shying away from mass production by being individually made upon request.
In a landscape where collaborations are too often little more than two logos in conversation, JW Anderson has chosen to emancipate a maker rather than simply place the brand’s illustrious name on a furniture line. The long-anticipated foray into lifestyle was confirmed in July, as the brand extended its playful vision beyond clothing into a curated collection of home objects and art. “I like change. I have wanted to change things around for two years now, and finally I feel at one with who I am today and what the brand means,” he shares with Wallpaper, creating “things that I either want to wear or want to live with.” Thus, the gesture reads less like merchandising and more like a proposition about how fashion can take on the role of cultural custodian … and we are simply enamoured with the collection.
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