Originally presented as an one of one edition at the love it or leave it exhibition presented at gallery r' pure in new york during nycxdesign 2012. In celebration of the birth of the metaverse, marc thorpe has minted 12 nft’s of the mta chair on opensea for sale. The mta chair celebrates the life of nyc's ubiquitous subway bench. The bench symbolizes the strict utilitarian performance of an object for people. Apart of the new york city’s physical and psychological landscape, it remains in our subconscious as a tool of rest, interaction and personal expression. The chair is not designed, the chair is a query. Its existence questions the role of design today as industry in relation to the public realm as well as to design’s relationship to high art.
MTA Chair NFT