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Furniture
2026

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Opening of the exhibition 'Matière sensible,' image by Margaux Pommier for Entremise, 2026.

Opening of the exhibition 'Matière sensible,' image by Margaux Pommier for Entremise, 2026.

38½” x 22” x 29½”
Red Oak

Designer: Giuseppe Arcuri
Photographer: Sandrine Gaulin & Margaux Pommier
Production: Nouveau Milieu & Entremise

As part of a larger adaptive reuse project within a former convent in Montreal, the curatorial collective Nouveau Milieu commissioned a series of design objects made from the building’s former church pews, presented during Montreal Design Week.

Selected as one of fourteen designers for the Matière Sensible exhibition, I reimagined the pews as a reading desk. Designed for straightforward assembly, the piece relies entirely on mortise-and-tenon joinery and requires only a mallet to be put together.

The joinery also allows the desk to be disassembled without damaging its components, supporting future reuse and extending the life of the material.

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