The Charitable Chair event incorporates accreditation standards, design curricululm, and public service..As part of their final project, students from five interior design courses participate by refurbishing a chair with historical significance. Chairs are then auctioned at a public event. Proceeds from the auction are divided between the Boys and Girls Club of Weber-Davis and the Interior Design Program.
For more information about next year's event slated for April 18, 2014, contact kristenarnold@weber.edu
CALL FOR CHAIRS: The interior design program has issued a call for historic chairs for the Charitable Chair event. To donate a chair that is suitable for this project, please contact our department secretary Ranee Dearden at 801.626.6913 or kristenarnold@weber.edu
Charitable Chair 2013 design gallery
Charitable Chairs event details (PDF)
Design Students Craft Historical Chairs for Charity (news release)