Visitors to the Figge Art Museum’s “Seating by Design” exhibition are greeted by an unconventional chair—beige, wooden, oblong—with a title: “For Your Eyes Only.”  The piece serves as an appropriate opener to the exhibition, which features a series of chairs designed by artists associated with the 3D Design Program in the School of Art and Art History.

Created by the late University of Iowa Professor of Design Hu Hung-Shu, the piece invites visitors not to sit, but rather to experience exquisitely created works of art and design. Professor Monica Correia of the School of Art and Art History, the curator of "Seating by Design" and one of the exhibitors, is the head of the UI's renowned 3D Design program.