Brigada Design Carousel by Brigada

Brigada is dedicated to creating spatial experiences, and for Zagreb Design Week Exhibition, the studio has conceived an analog, interactive installation that engages the body, emotion, and memory without relying on digital layers. The installation is envisioned as a carousel that guides visitors through the history of design.

It features five carefully selected chairs that represent key milestones in the development of furniture design: Thonet No. 30 (1859), Zig Zag (1934), Tulip (1956), Mezzadro (1957), and Panton (1967). Each chair reflects the spirit of its time, yet all share the same purpose: a place to sit, rest, and reflect. This shared constant highlights Brigada’s core interest in how space creates experience, beyond style.

The installation invites visitors to actively engage by sitting, spinning, laughing, or recalling something personal, experiencing design through body, movement, and reaction. The Design Carousel speaks to the idea that everything can change; materials, technologies, forms, while the relationship between people and space remains at the core of all design thinking.