Modern is a term that is often used to describe a design aesthetic. I think that a modern design is less about aesthetics and more about it's timing. As we know, design is a discipline that repeats it's self over and over. What was once considered modern will likely come back around to be considered modern again. A modern design is current. Sometimes the newest designs are completely original, not resembling designs that preceded it. There are designs that may be considered modern, but also borrow from the past. The armchair designed by Stephen Kenn seems to be influenced by designers that led the way many years ago. There are elements that remind me of the Marcel Breur's Wassily chair and Gerrit Reitveld's Red Blue chair. Kenn's armchair and other pieces from his Inheritance line are made using repurposed army surplus from WWII. This notion of recycling and repurposing is also a common theme to many modern designs. This chair that uses 70 year old materials and is influenced be designs even older than that, is now modern. Because it is what is being produced in the current era.
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