Trent Jansen Chairs
Australian
Designer Trent Jansen is at the forefront of design anthropology, a furniture and interior design movement in which designers and anthropologists work closely to produce products informed by the symbolism and visual principles of other cultures.
Each piece he designs has a rough, primal energy derived from a variety of techniques, whether incorporating scales into the surface of a side table or suggesting a spider’s shape through the form of a bench. Jansen holds immense respect for heritage, reverently and conscientiously embedding cultural identity and history in his pieces.
Jansen grew up in the small town of Kiama on the southeast Australian coast. He began his studies at the Industrial Design School of the University of Alberta in Canada and then transferred to the College of Fine Arts at the University of New South Wales, where he received his bachelor’s degree in design. He later earned a PhD from the University of Wollongong.
He then worked under Dutch designer Marcel Wanders in Amsterdam. In 2004, Jansen returned to Australia and opened his design studio in Sydney. Eventually, he relocated to Thirroul on the southern coast of Australia’s New South Wales.
Jansen has exhibited his work in solo and group shows worldwide, including at the National Gallery of Victoria, Australia, and venues in Singapore, Beijing and Milan. His awards include the 2008 Bombay Sapphire Design Discovery Award, the Australia Council for the Arts “Project Funding” Award in 2019 and 2017 and a 2021 Design Files + Laminex Design Award.
Today, Jansen continues to design new pieces and create outstanding works of furniture out of his studio in Thirroul.
On 1stDibs, find an intriguing array of Trent Jansen seating, tables, storage pieces and more.
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Creator: Trent Jansen
Pregnant chair by Trent Jansen and Marcel Wanders for Moooi, 2008
By MARCEL WANDERS, Trent Jansen, Moooi
Located in Steenwijk, NL
This is a very special, fun and playful chair. The so called 'Pregnant Chair' was designed by Trent Jansen in cooperation with Marcel Wanders for Moooi....
Category
Early 2000s Dutch Post-Modern Trent Jansen Chairs
Materials
Wood
'Partu' Ngumu Janka Warnti Chair 'Black' by Trent Jansen & Johnny Nargoodah
By Trent Jansen
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
‘Partu’ (2020) is the Walmajarri word for ‘skin’ and is Johnny Nargoodah and Trent Jansen's latest collaborative project experimenting with this combination of disparate sensibilities. Found materials and leather are used to create awareness about Material Culture and recycling.
This collection was developed in Thirroul on the New South Wales Coal Coast. Johnny and Trent came together four times over a period of 18 months, developing new methods for collaboration that could shape their incongruent knowledge, methods, and skills in designing and making into co-authored outcomes. These methods include: ‘Sketching exchange’, a process of back-and-forth sketch iteration, allowing an idea to evolve with equal input from both creators; and ‘designing by making’, a method of working with materials at full scale, to design an object as it is being made. In this approach the prototype is the sketch and both collaborators work together to carve, construct and/or manipulate material, giving the object three-dimensional form as they design and make simultaneously.
Trent Jansen & Johnny Nargoodah
Partu (Skin) Collection
Ngumu Janka...
Category
2010s New Zealand Trent Jansen Chairs
Materials
Aluminum
'Partu' Ngumu Janka Warnti High Chair 'Brown' by Trent Jansen & Johnny Nargoodah
By Trent Jansen
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
‘Partu’ (2020) is the Walmajarri word for ‘skin’ and is Johnny Nargoodah and Trent Jansen's latest collaborative project experimenting with this combination of disparate sensibilities. Found materials and leather are used to create awareness about Material Culture and recycling.
This collection was developed in Thirroul on the New South Wales Coal Coast. Johnny and Trent came together four times over a period of 18 months, developing new methods for collaboration that could shape their incongruent knowledge, methods, and skills in designing and making into co-authored outcomes. These methods include: ‘Sketching exchange’, a process of back-and-forth sketch iteration, allowing an idea to evolve with equal input from both creators; and ‘designing by making’, a method of working with materials at full scale, to design an object as it is being made. In this approach the prototype is the sketch and both collaborators work together to carve, construct and/or manipulate material, giving the object three-dimensional form as they design and make simultaneously.
Trent Jansen & Johnny Nargoodah
Partu (Skin) Collection
Ngumu Janka...
Category
2010s Australian Trent Jansen Chairs
Materials
Aluminum
'Partu' Ngumu Janka Warnti High Chair 'Black' by Trent Jansen & Johnny Nargoodah
By Trent Jansen
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
‘Partu’ (2020) is the Walmajarri word for ‘skin’ and is Johnny Nargoodah and Trent Jansen's latest collaborative project experimenting with this combination of disparate sensibilities. Found materials and leather are used to create awareness about Material Culture and recycling.
This collection was developed in Thirroul on the New South Wales Coal Coast. Johnny and Trent came together four times over a period of 18 months, developing new methods for collaboration that could shape their incongruent knowledge, methods, and skills in designing and making into co-authored outcomes. These methods include: ‘Sketching exchange’, a process of back-and-forth sketch iteration, allowing an idea to evolve with equal input from both creators; and ‘designing by making’, a method of working with materials at full scale, to design an object as it is being made. In this approach the prototype is the sketch and both collaborators work together to carve, construct and/or manipulate material, giving the object three-dimensional form as they design and make simultaneously.
Trent Jansen & Johnny Nargoodah
Partu (Skin) Collection
Ngumu Janka Warnti...
Category
2010s Australian Trent Jansen Chairs
Materials
Aluminum
'Partu' Ngumu Janka Warnti Chair 'Brown' by Trent Jansen & Johnny Nargoodah
By Trent Jansen
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
‘Partu’ is the Walmajarri word for ‘skin’ and is Johnny Nargoodah and Trent Jansen's latest collaborative project experimenting with this combination of disparate sensibilities. Found materials and leather are used to create awareness about Material Culture and recycling.
This collection was developed in Thirroul on the New South Wales Coal Coast. Johnny and Trent came together four times over a period of 18 months, developing new methods for collaboration that could shape their incongruent knowledge, methods, and skills in designing and making into co-authored outcomes. These methods include: ‘Sketching exchange’, a process of back-and-forth sketch iteration, allowing an idea to evolve with equal input from both creators; and ‘designing by making’, a method of working with materials at full scale, to design an object as it is being made. In this approach the prototype is the sketch and both collaborators work together to carve, construct and/or manipulate material, giving the object three-dimensional form as they design and make simultaneously.
Trent Jansen & Johnny Nargoodah
Partu (Skin) Collection
Ngumu Janka...
Category
2010s New Zealand Trent Jansen Chairs
Materials
Aluminum
'Partu' Ngumu Janka Warnti Low Chair 'Black' by Trent Jansen & Johnny Nargoodah
By Trent Jansen
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
‘Partu’ (2020) is the Walmajarri word for ‘skin’ and is Johnny Nargoodah and Trent Jansen's latest collaborative project experimenting with this combination of disparate sensibilities. Found materials and leather are used to create awareness about Material Culture and recycling.
This collection was developed in Thirroul on the New South Wales Coal Coast. Johnny and Trent came together four times over a period of 18 months, developing new methods for collaboration that could shape their incongruent knowledge, methods, and skills in designing and making into co-authored outcomes. These methods include: ‘Sketching exchange’, a process of back-and-forth sketch iteration, allowing an idea to evolve with equal input from both creators; and ‘designing by making’, a method of working with materials at full scale, to design an object as it is being made. In this approach the prototype is the sketch and both collaborators work together to carve, construct and/or manipulate material, giving the object three-dimensional form as they design and make simultaneously.
Trent Jansen & Johnny Nargoodah
Partu (Skin) Collection
Ngumu Janka...
Category
2010s Australian Trent Jansen Chairs
Materials
Aluminum
'Partu' Ngumu Janka Warnti Low Chair 'Brown' by Trent Jansen & Johnny Nargoodah
By Trent Jansen
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
‘Partu’ (2020) is the Walmajarri word for ‘skin’ and is Johnny Nargoodah and Trent Jansen's latest collaborative project experimenting with this combination of disparate sensibilities. Found materials and leather are used to create awareness about Material Culture and recycling.
This collection was developed in Thirroul on the New South Wales Coal Coast. Johnny and Trent came together four times over a period of 18 months, developing new methods for collaboration that could shape their incongruent knowledge, methods, and skills in designing and making into co-authored outcomes. These methods include: ‘Sketching exchange’, a process of back-and-forth sketch iteration, allowing an idea to evolve with equal input from both creators; and ‘designing by making’, a method of working with materials at full scale, to design an object as it is being made. In this approach the prototype is the sketch and both collaborators work together to carve, construct and/or manipulate material, giving the object three-dimensional form as they design and make simultaneously.
Trent Jansen & Johnny Nargoodah
Partu (Skin) Collection
Ngumu Janka...
Category
2010s Australian Trent Jansen Chairs
Materials
Aluminum
Ngumu Janka Warnti Bench by Trent Jansen & Johnny Nargoodah
By Trent Jansen
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Johnny Nargoodah and Trent Jansen have been collaborating in the design and crafting of collectible furniture since they met in Johnny’s hometown of F...
Category
2010s Australian Trent Jansen Chairs
Materials
Stainless Steel
Ngumu Janka Warnti High Back Chair, Black, by Trent Jansen & Johnny Nargoodah
By Trent Jansen
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Johnny Nargoodah and Trent Jansen have been collaborating in the design and crafting of collectible furniture since they met in Johnny’s hometown of Fitzroy Crossing, as part of Frem...
Category
2010s Australian Trent Jansen Chairs
Materials
Stainless Steel
Ngumu Janka Warnti Chair, Black, by Trent Jansen & Johnny Nargoodah
By Trent Jansen
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Johnny Nargoodah and Trent Jansen have been collaborating in the design and crafting of collectible furniture since they met in Johnny’s hometown of Fitzroy Crossing, as part of Frem...
Category
2010s Australian Trent Jansen Chairs
Materials
Stainless Steel
Ngumu Janka Warnti High Back Chair, Brown, by Trent Jansen & Johnny Nargoodah
By Trent Jansen
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Johnny Nargoodah and Trent Jansen have been collaborating in the design and crafting of collectible furniture since they met in Johnny’s hometown of Fitzroy Crossing, as part of Frem...
Category
2010s Australian Trent Jansen Chairs
Materials
Stainless Steel
Saddle Armchair by Trent Jansen & Johnny Nargoodah
By Trent Jansen
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Johnny Nargoodah and Trent Jansen have been collaborating in the design and crafting of collectible furniture since they met in Johnny’s hometown of F...
Category
2010s Australian Trent Jansen Chairs
Materials
Brass, Stainless Steel
Pankalangu Armchair by Trent Jansen form the Broached Monster Collection
By Trent Jansen
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Broached monsters by Trent Jansen
The vast majority of mainstream Australian mythology commonly used as a
foundation for Australian identity is culturally exclusive. Both Indigenous myths, including post-colonial myths and precolonial dreaming stories, and non-indigenous Australian...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Australian Trent Jansen Chairs
Materials
Copper, Stainless Steel
Ngumu Janka Warnti Chair, Brown, by Trent Jansen & Johnny Nargoodah
By Trent Jansen
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Johnny Nargoodah and Trent Jansen have been collaborating in the design and crafting of collectible furniture since they met in Johnny’s hometown of Fitzroy Crossing, as part of Frem...
Category
2010s Australian Trent Jansen Chairs
Materials
Stainless Steel
Ngumu Janka Warnti Low Chair with Medium Back by Trent Jansen & Johnny Nargoodah
By Trent Jansen
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Johnny Nargoodah and Trent Jansen have been collaborating in the design and crafting of collectible furniture since they met in Johnny’s hometown of Fitzroy Crossing, as part of Frem...
Category
2010s Australian Trent Jansen Chairs
Materials
Stainless Steel
Ngumu Janka Warnti Low Chair with Low Back by Trent Jansen & Johnny Nargoodah
By Trent Jansen
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Johnny Nargoodah and Trent Jansen have been collaborating in the design and crafting of collectible furniture since they met in Johnny’s hometown of Fitzroy Crossing, as part of Frem...
Category
2010s Australian Trent Jansen Chairs
Materials
Stainless Steel
Pankalangu Armchair by Trent Jansen form the Broached Monster Collection
By Trent Jansen
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Broached monsters by Trent Jansen
The vast majority of mainstream Australian mythology commonly used as a
foundation for Australian identity is culturally exclusive. Both Indigenous myths, including post-colonial myths and precolonial dreaming stories, and non-indigenous Australian...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Australian Trent Jansen Chairs
Materials
Copper, Stainless Steel
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