J39.5

J39.5 is a series of chairs made up of reassembled parts of Borge Mogensen’s J39.
We came across a J39 with a missing leg and a cracked backrest at a vintage furniture warehouse.　There were some damaged J39s that were difficult to repair because of cost, time, and effort. We decided to take them back, as we felt that we could create new value for them. With respect to Mogensen, we redesigned it by reconfiguring the remaining parts instead of adding new materials and adding 0.5 design as a change of mindset.
The new ideas gained through the design process led to a more active relationship with the furniture, finding new value in objects that had lost their value and function, and triggering thinking about sustainability in furniture.