From 5–12 November 2025, The Standard, Singapore hosted the “Heritage Chairs” pop-up at Café Standard, curated by Denise Chua of igotathingforchairs, a platform dedicated to artist-led furniture projects that foreground storytelling, craft, and female-led design practices. The installation explored how everyday seating can carry memory and culture, featuring the reimagined Choei stools of RUMBÁ BOR, a Thai functional art collective led by Rumpa Paweenpongpat, who transforms found objects into sustainable, evocative designs. Complemented by Fawn World’s imaginative floral arrangements, the pop-up created quiet vignettes for reflection and conversation.
This year, the chair became a cultural touchstone—a vessel of memory. From Bad Bunny’s Monobloc imagery, which sparked diasporic conversations around family gatherings, to RUMBÁ BOR’s stools, each piece evoked the intimacy of meals, late-night gatherings, and shared cultural memories.
This year, the chair became a cultural touchstone—a vessel of memory. From Bad Bunny’s Monobloc imagery, which sparked diasporic conversations around family gatherings, to RUMBÁ BOR’s stools, each piece evoked the intimacy of meals, late-night gatherings, and shared cultural memories.
The intimate artist talk on 11 November brought together Singapore’s arts and creative community, including curators from the National Museum, jazz singer Joanna Dong, founder of Fawn World, Rafiq from Feral, and dancer Vanessa Toh. Denise Chua shared the story behind the collaboration and her discovery of the Choei stools, reflecting on how chairs can connect people and transform everyday objects into deeply personal artifacts.
Through Heritage Chairs, The Standard turned everyday seating into a celebration of craft, memory, and communal connection, inviting guests to pause, reflect, and engage with history in a contemporary setting.
Through Heritage Chairs, The Standard turned everyday seating into a celebration of craft, memory, and communal connection, inviting guests to pause, reflect, and engage with history in a contemporary setting.
