# Peculiar Painting Perches Idiosyncratic Suggestions for the Thirteen Chairs of the Last Supper By Amelia Roblin | Published 2013-11-21 | Art & Design Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/thirteen-chairs References: [design-milk](http://design-milk.com/13-chairs-never-painted-last-supper/) & [tredicisedie.it](http://www.tredicisedie.it/index.php) Here are the suggestions for what might have been the thirteen chairs that were never painted in Leonardo’s Last Supper. How is that for a quirky and creative design project? Ghigos Ideas asked 13 designers to imagine the seats that might have been sat upon during Jesus' last meal; more specifically, the ones that remain unseen in the Leonardo Da Vinci painting. Now let us appreciate a little whimsicality when observing the [eccentric objects in this eclectic collection](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/atypical-chair). They comprise all sorts of materials, from wood, straw and leather to rock, glass and metal. About half of them include [a seat with a backrest](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/edgeofyr), but several of the '1:13' thirteen chairs are a great deal more abstract. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 2.5/10 - Popularity: 29% | Activity: 39% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Gen Z, Gen Alpha, Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: Europe ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Art & Design](https://www.trendhunter.com/artdesign) > [Design](https://www.trendhunter.com/design) ## Key Themes ### Why This Trend Is Growing - **Eclectic Design:** The trend of eclectic design allows for creative and quirky combinations of materials and styles in furniture design, presenting disruptive innovation opportunities for the home decor industry. - **Conceptual Furniture:** The trend of conceptual furniture challenges traditional notions of functionality and aesthetics, offering disruptive innovation opportunities for designers and manufacturers in the furniture industry. - **Material Exploration:** The trend of material exploration encourages designers to experiment with unconventional materials in their creations, opening up disruptive innovation opportunities in the design and manufacturing sectors. ### Industries Being Reshaped - **Home Decor:** The home decor industry can leverage the trend of eclectic design to offer unique and personalized furniture pieces that cater to individual tastes and preferences, thereby embracing disruptive innovation opportunities. - **Furniture:** The furniture industry can capitalize on the trend of conceptual furniture to create innovative and avant-garde pieces that challenge traditional furniture conventions, driving disruptive innovation in the market. - **Design and Manufacturing:** The design and manufacturing sectors can explore the trend of material exploration to discover new materials and techniques for creating unconventional furniture designs, leading to disruptive innovation across various industries. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Exaggerated Seating Solutions](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/ode-to-chair-14.md) - [Artfully Balanced Chair Concepts](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/halfway-serious.md) - [Futuristic Chair Concepts](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/futuristic-chair-concept.md) - [Sizable Chair Installations](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/chair-installation.md) - [Waste-Incorporated Chair Designs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/knoll-chairs.md) - [Ceramic Chess Seating Sets](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/chair-chess.md) - [Circular Modernist Chair Designs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/zerogravity-chair.md) - [Marbles-Inspired Intricate Chair Designs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/shepherd-studio.md) - [Minimal Geometric Chair Concepts](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/euclid-chair.md)