DAMn° magazine has invited an eclectic mix of more than 30 designers to express their personal confessions on chair prototyping, with many of the pieces seen in public for the first time.

‘munaria’, by bruno munari, 1988, prototype image © designboom

prophets and penitents: confession of a chair at milan design week 09 ‘amateur eames’, by jerzy seymour, 2009 image © designboom

prophets and penitents: confession of a chair at milan design week 09 ‘amateur eames’, by jerzy seymour, 2009 image © designboom

prophets and penitents: confession of a chair at milan design week 09 ‘straw chair’, by osko+deichmann, 2009 image © designboom

prophets and penitents: confession of a chair at milan design week 09pixelated chair‘ by rianne makkink & jurgen bey, 2009 image © designboomprophets and penitents: confession of a chair at milan design week 09 ‘prettypretty rosina’, by dejana kabjlio, prototype, 2009 image © designboom

prophets and penitents: confession of a chair at milan design week 09 ‘sclulpt chair’, by matreen bass,  prototype, 2008 image © designboom

prophets and penitents: confession of a chair at milan design week 09 ‘carbon coen’, by michael young,  prototype, 2009 image © designboom

prophets and penitents: confession of a chair at milan design week 09 ‘360° chair’ coen’, by konstantin grcic,  prototype, 2008 image © designboom

prophets and penitents: confession of a chair at milan design week 09pack‘, by francois azambourg,  prototype, 1999 image © designboom

prophets and penitents: confession of a chair at milan design week 09pack‘, by francois azambourg,  detail, 1999 image © designboom

prophets and penitents: confession of a chair at milan design week 09the wally chair‘, by jason miller,  prototype, 2009 image © designboom

prophets and penitents: confession of a chair at milan design week 09 ‘jim’, by ilkka suppanen,  prototype, 2007 image © designboom

prophets and penitents: confession of a chair at milan design week 09 ‘chaton siege’, by lachaert + d’hanis,  prototype, 2009 image © designboom

prophets and penitents: confession of a chair at milan design week 09 ‘chair overdose’, by bram boo,  prototype, 2009 image © designboom

prophets and penitents: confession of a chair at milan design week 09 ‘identity disorder’, by arik levy,  one-off, 2009 image © designboom

prophets and penitents: confession of a chair at milan design week 09 ‘trift’, by judith seng,  prototype, 2009 image © designboom

prophets and penitents: confession of a chair at milan design week 09 ‘saturn stool’, by barber osgerby,  prototype, 2008 image © designboom

prophets and penitents: confession of a chair at milan design week 09 ‘split box stool’, by peter marigold,  one-off, 2009 image © designboom

prophets and penitents: confession of a chair at milan design week 09 ‘killepieds’, by 5.5 designers,  one-off, 2003 image © designboom

prophets and penitents: confession of a chair at milan design week 09 view of the exhibition image © designboom