Michael Graves is one of the founders of postmodern architecture and product design.

He blends classical style with allusions and whimsy.  Mr. Graves brought quality product design to the elite - like Alessi with his iconic teapot - and to the masses with everyday design for a mass marketer in the US called Target.

Mr. Graves global projects include breakthrough architectural design with the Humana Tower in Louisville and his ‘Three on the Bund’ Shanghai, which won Hong Kong Design Centre's "Best Design from Greater China" in 2006.  His team is currently working on Resorts World on Sentosa Island, Singapore.

Mr. Graves dedicated the chair to his good friend Jay Chatterjee, the honoree of the CAC event, and named it “J Chair.”  The concept was that since he was designing with Formica materials which are flat, he wanted to translate the material to the components to make the chair easy to ship flat and reconstruct by just snapping together the tabs and holding the entire structure with pegs.

Mr. Graves selected Spectrum Blue ColorCore2 and Formica Veneer in Indian Ebony.