Slow down, sit down, look again: Gitta Gschwendtner brings new design perspectives to the National Trust
(Artdaily.org)

Fenton House, a 17th-century merchant home in Hampstead, offers people a fascinating insight into history and heritage, but it’s probably not the first place you’d have looked for cutting-edge contemporary design. That changed on 12 September, when Please Sit arrives at Fenton House. The National Trust, who care for the house, commissioned designer Gitta Gschwendtner as guest host to engage with Fenton’s rich and characterful heritage and create a series of installations within the house. Gitta, alongside five other participating designers, selected and responded to a particular detail of their chosen room – whether a feature of its interior, its existing furniture or the artefacts it contains – and offer their interpretation by creating new seating. These interventions create a unique collision of past and present to encourage