Chair by its cover, why dog?

As well as providing an enclosure and armrest for the chair, the curved mirror provides endless changing views of distorted images of the chair.
This unique work forms part of a series of four chairs by their covers: "Why Dog," "Why Bark When You Have a Dog?", "Why Have A Dog When You Can Bark?" and "Reflection on Another Chair." Arad notes that these chairs "are a private joke between him and his workers," and he feels they were produced during one of his finest periods of designing.

An envelope of a curved steel wall, the exterior blackened the interior polished, embracing a "found chair"
39 in. (99 cm) high

Exhibited:
Ron Arad: Sticks and Stones, One Offs & Short Runs, 1980-1990, Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, 1990
Before and After Now, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2000

Illustrated:
Dejan Sudjic, Ron Arad,
London, 1999, p. 124
Claire Downey, Neo-Furniture, London, 1992, p. 37

Literature:
Alexander von Vegesack, Ron Arad: Sticks and Stones, One Offs & Short Runs, 1980-1990, exh. cat., Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, 1990, pp. 122-123