The staggered arcs that made up this circular structure correspond to a Cornell University ornithological diagram of the annual cycle of the Anna’s Hummingbird: breeding, migrating, and molting. Flowering plants made this work a natural feeder for the Presidio’s resident hummingbirds. Habitat for Anna’s Hummingbird was constructed of surplus Presidio cypress removed as part of the Presidio Trust’s reforestation program.
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Chadwick Studio, Habitat for Anna’s Hummingbird, 2010 (installation view); photo: Monique Deschaines
Chadwick Studio, Habitat for Anna’s Hummingbird, 2010 (installation view); photo: Monique Deschaines
Chadwick Studio, Habitat for Anna’s Hummingbird, 2010 (installation view); photo: Monique Deschaines
Chadwick Studio, Habitat for Anna’s Hummingbird, 2010 (installation view); photo: Monique Deschaines
Chadwick Studio, Habitat for Anna’s Hummingbird, 2010 (installation view); photo: Monique Deschaines
Chadwick Studio, Habitat for Anna’s Hummingbird, 2010 (installation view); photo: Monique Deschaines
Chadwick Studio pioneered the use of modern materials and processes in commercial furniture design. Don Chadwick received his principal training in design at the University of California, Los Angeles. In 1994 the landmark Aeron chair catapulted Chadwick to national attention; the Industrial Designers Society of America and Business Week magazine awarded Design of the Decade to the Aeron chair in 1999. Chadwick has designed for Knoll for many years.