This Hexagonal Chair Is a Geometric Head-Turner
A mashup of influences leads to an accent chair that works in contemporary, yet relaxed, environments.
Josh Greene for Dowel Tamarisk chair
Photographer: Victor Prado for Bloomberg Businessweek
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Throughout history, the hexagon holds special significance as a symbol of coherence and balance. Six-sided seating isn’t common today, but it was a regular feature of the Qing dynasty in China—a pair of 18th century chairs sold at a 2017 Christie’s auction for HK$8.47 million ($1.085 million at the time). For his collaboration with Dowel Furniture, designer Josh Greene explores the shape’s potential in his $1,500 Tamarisk chair in ebony (pictured), while also drawing on the Arts and Crafts master Charles Rennie Mackintosh as well as French architect Charlotte Perriand, “California look” maven Michael Taylor, and ’80s star Karl Springer.