Check out these crazy cardboard pieces of furniture. Can you believe people pay this much for them?
CURVY CORREGATED CARDBOARD CHAIR
by Jill Fehrenbacher
Frank Gehry made design history in 1972 when he designed a whole set of curvy modern furniture out of cardboard. You’ve more than likely seen Gehry’s classic Wiggle Chair hanging out around stylish offices and design spaces - showing off the strength, durability, and organic comfort that is possible with layered corrugated cardboard…
You can buy the classic Gehry wiggle chair from many mid-century modern design shops (like Moss) for 850 bucks, which isn’t too bad for a classic design icon. However, we’ve just discovered that there is now a cheaper and more eco-friendly knock-off of the same thing at cardboardchair.com.
We are not exactly sure what is going on with the intellectual property here, but we do know that the business looks perfectly legit and Cardboardchair’s version of the Wiggle chair is about half the price of the original ($430) - AND is made with 30% recycled cardboard:
$850 - Gehry Wiggle Chair at Moss
$430 - Curvy Side chair at Cardboardchair.com
In addition, the Cardboard chair company seems to have surpassed their original point of inspiration, because they’ve come up with a whole new set of designs for tables, stools and even shelves that are really clever and beautiful - designs that would probably make papa Gehry proud (if he isn’t mad about his classic chair getting ripped off…)
5 comments:
aren't all these fancy cardboard pieces laminated with heavy duty adhesives? There's a lot of this work at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and i always wondered how water proof/resistant they would be
if they are laminated with heavy duty adhesives then how environmentally friendly can they be if that is their reasoning for making these pieces. if not then whats the point just another fashionable piece of furniture. aesthetics vs. the environment, which should we abide by?
Yeah I don't really get how these chairs are eco-friendly. But maybe thats just me. They are really cool though I just cant imagine paying 850 bucks for one. I do think they most deff used adhesive or something crazy.
Having just finished our chairs yesterday, I do have appreciation for people wanting to make objects out of random materials like cardboard. That was my first time using cardboard as a building tool, and I actually enjoyed it!
These chairs were just presented in a slide for my History of Modern Design Class. They received a lot of attention when they first came out but I would not pay those prices. After seeing the results we had created in our own class, Id rather make my own furniture out of cardboard then purchase a manufactured good thats made of everyday materials, that available to anyone in the world.
Post a Comment