The Great Chair
Hack of 2026

What happens when you take a simple object and refuse to accept it at face value?

At The Great Chair Hack, teams of designers, students, artists, engineers, and creative thinkers are given one IKEA chair and three hours to transform it into… anything but a chair.

Presented by the Museum of Design Atlanta (MODA), this high-energy design challenge celebrates ingenuity, resourcefulness, and the power of reimagining everyday objects. Inspired by the global “IKEA hacking” movement, participants will deconstruct, reconstruct, and reinvent a familiar form—pushing its materials, components, and purpose into entirely new territory.