Peter Fischli & David Weiss’s 21 Questions (2021) is the second in an ongoing series of artist customisations between London’s Institute of Contemporary Arts, the ICA, and Artek, featuring Stool 60 designed by Alvar Aalto in 1933.

21 Questions pairs the timeless stool with a bespoke T-shirt whose labels feature 21 selected excerpts from Fischli/Weiss’s Questions, which was awarded the Golden Lion at the 50th Venice Biennale in 2003. 21 Questions maps a universe of existential concerns, from seemingly playful enquiries – ‘Should I buy a big hammer?’, ‘What’s in a dog that enjoys lying in the sun?’ – to more psychological and philosophical mysteries – ‘Can I re-establish my innocence?’, ‘Is it dangerous to dream of another life all the time?’.

This edition of 252 follows Barbara Kruger’s 2019 Untitled (Kiss), riffing on Kruger’s signature red for the legs, combining it with a plain white top and a black T-shirt. Each of the 21 stools is bespoke to this collaboration and produced in a series of 12, finished on the underside with a sticker of the selected excerpt, hand-signed and numbered. The stool is presented alongside a signed photographic certificate and an ‘instruction manual’, written by Peter Fischli, detailing how to create and best enjoy this work.

21 Questions launched on July 1st 2021 and is available to purchase directly from the ICA.