Sizar Alexis Collection - Ode Chair
by Sizar Alexis
Material
Stained Black Pine
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The Ode Chair is part of the Sizar Alexis Collection, conceived alongside the Ode Three Legged Stool as a study in dark wood and geometric weight. The frame is dark-stained pine, wide and tapering at the backrest, substantial at the base where thick integrated legs meet a heavy seat. There is no taper, no lightening cut, no concession to visual weightlessness.
Sizar Alexis named this series Ode as a formal homage to form itself. The proportions recall Mesopotamian stone furniture: monolithic, self-contained, indifferent to ornament. Every angle is deliberate; every joint absorbed into the block-like mass. A small label on the front leg carries the only explicit mark of authorship.
The Ode Chair holds its character in a spare interior or against a strong architectural backdrop. It does not compete with its surroundings. Available on Monde Singulier within the Sizar Alexis Collection.
W 55 x D 45 x H 80 cm
W 21.65 x D 17.72 x H 31.5 in
Materials: Burned And Stained Black Solid Pine
About
Sizar Alexis
Sizar Alexis is a Swedish-Iraqi designer based in Eskilstuna, working at the intersection of Scandinavian brutalist design and ancient Mesopotamian heritage.
Before founding his studio in 2019, Alexis spent six years as a design engineer at Volvo, then studied fine arts at Beckmans College of Design. That formation, between industrial engineering and fine arts, shapes his practice throughout. He works with blackened steel, pine wood, and leather, materials both abundant in the Swedish landscape and tied to Eskilstuna's historic steel industry. Components for his pieces are produced in his father's metal tool factory, then hand-assembled in his own studio.
His work holds two forces in tension: the geometric weight of brutalist forms and the cultural memory of ancient Mesopotamia. "I want to convey a sense of chaos and harmony at the same time," he has said. As a descendant of the Chaldean diaspora with roots tracing to northern Iraq, Alexis channels that history into functional sculpture. Collections such as Lahmu and Ousia translate Mesopotamian symbolism into geometric furniture, pieces that read simultaneously as domestic objects and as cultural arguments. The Discovered exhibition at the Design Museum in London in 2021 brought his work to international attention; the Common/un/common duo show at Atelier Ecru Gallery in Ghent in 2022 confirmed its standing. He is an AD 100 designer.
On Monde Singulier, his pieces offer collectible design furniture that carries historical depth rarely found in Scandinavian production.
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