https://www.deplumemagazine.com/articles-1 daily 0.75 2026-04-12 https://www.deplumemagazine.com/articles-1/the-rosewood-chair monthly 0.5 2026-04-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69b5a97b2b0b822a099f5e57/291bdd2c-a887-4f7e-bc3d-3b311ea4243c/Rosewood+Chair ARTICLES - The “Rosewood” Chair - Make it stand out The “Rosewood” Chair by Alice Semenenko & Sofia Vargas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69b5a97b2b0b822a099f5e57/45b5da3d-eb96-431a-b8f1-11de72bcdaa1/image00005.png ARTICLES - The “Rosewood” Chair - The Eameses are known for innovation, with experiments of bending plywood and plastic moulding. They are a husband-and-wife team, Charles Eames worked on the architectural and structural side of production and Ray Eames worked on the artistic and creative side. The blending of innovation and artistry led to furniture, which is timeless, functional and beautiful. My favourite objects they made are “Plywood Sculpture” (1943) and “Plywood Elephant” (1945) because they represent the Eameses so well: it is art mixed with genius engineering. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69b5a97b2b0b822a099f5e57/1f407459-58b1-424a-8a5f-72ff626bdd67/Design+Students+Building+Rosewood+Chair ARTICLES - The “Rosewood” Chair - As designers in our generation, it is our responsibility to understand the significance of every piece of material we work with. It is no longer acceptable to use a material for aesthetics or status, we must understand its life cycle, if it can be recycled, or reused or disassembled. Look at plastic, it was once a wonder material for the future, and now only 9% is being recycled globally (UNDP, 2023) and it takes 20 to 500 years to biodegrade, so it is stuck in landfills. (WWF, 2025) Tony Fry in “Design Futuring” (2018) discusses the harmful effects of industrialization, and that we are at a point in our world where we must stop “defuturing” by destroying resources and our planet to keep creating more items. He argues that designers are the key to creating positive change since we are developing new objects for our world. We have the power to control what materials we use and how long they can last. Sofia and I understood our responsibility to enlighten others about the illegal trade of rosewood and to create a chair that is beautiful, high quality and sustainable without new extraction for materials but using what we already have. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69b5a97b2b0b822a099f5e57/1775561848252-1V5JJE0AYHC01SLBWVXA/image00001.jpeg ARTICLES - The “Rosewood” Chair https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69b5a97b2b0b822a099f5e57/1775561844343-UY266Q19RWQUA205ACNA/image00002.jpeg ARTICLES - The “Rosewood” Chair https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69b5a97b2b0b822a099f5e57/1775561854789-VVAHUQMZYGW3QMN6JELE/image00003.jpeg ARTICLES - The “Rosewood” Chair https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69b5a97b2b0b822a099f5e57/1775561857097-235S5MGNRGG2Z051B7WX/image00006.jpeg ARTICLES - The “Rosewood” Chair https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69b5a97b2b0b822a099f5e57/3aca84f2-fbc5-41e2-93b0-cdd2ed9c4fec/Rosewood+Chair ARTICLES - The “Rosewood” Chair - The “Rosewood” Chair by Alice Semenenko & Sofia Vargas With the “Rosewood” chair Sofia and I transformed old, discarded plywood into a functional and sculptural chair which is currently standing beautifully in my bedroom. It is a comfortable nook in my space, it physically helps to support my weight, my clothes and symbolically it supports my message of hope for the world. There are so many waste streams, but so much potential for change. Sofia and I chose one narrative to share with the world, but I am sure each of you have your own passions and your own desires to create change in any artistic medium. Designers and artists can be the alchemists which can help transform waste into artifacts – so share your ideas, your narratives, always: but please do it with care. A huge thank you to Sofia Vargas for contributing all her amazing graphic design posters for this article. https://www.deplumemagazine.com/articles-1/we-know-all-the-rules-and-still monthly 0.5 2026-04-05 https://www.deplumemagazine.com/articles-1/my-mother-was-right-beauty-will-save-the-world monthly 0.5 2026-03-30 https://www.deplumemagazine.com/home daily 1.0 2026-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69b5a97b2b0b822a099f5e57/abac5f8c-bf82-4e8d-984e-d33584ba13f0/STELITZIA.png https://www.deplumemagazine.com/about daily 0.75 2026-04-09