Vitra Miniature Wiggle Side Chair

Vitra Miniature Wiggle Side Chair of Gehry, 1972 - Vitra Miniature Design Museum.

Vitra Miniature of the Miniature Collection Vitra Design Museum . Cardboard furniture as a cheap and easy alternative to traditional furniture appear already during the 60s. At that time they tried to ensure by means of plug - and folding connections and supporting structures by the carrying capacity of the carton. Nevertheless, cardboard furniture had against the equally lightweight plastic furniture little chance . Frank O. Gehry discovered a method that massive cardboard furniture, cardboard sculptures as it were , gave rise . "L looked one day in my office on a stack of corrugated cardboard - the material from which I used to build architectural models - and I started to play with it and stick together with a hand saw and a pocket knife to cut into shape ." Gehry called the material, which consisted of running against each other , glued corrugated cardboard, " Edgeboard " and brought in 1972 under the name " Easy Edges " a series of exceptionally sturdy cardboard furniture out .

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