Design-cabbage - Chair by Nendo

Nendo designed the cabbage chair for XXIst Century Man exhibition curated by Issey Miyake.

“Miyake asked us to make furniture out of the pleated paper that is produced in mass amounts during the process of making pleated fabric, and usually abandoned as an unwanted by-product. Our solution to his challenge transformed a roll of pleated paper into a small chair that appears naturally as you peel away its outside layers, one layer at a time. Resins added during the original paper production process adds strength and the ability to remember forms, and the pleats themselves give the chair elasticity and a springy resilience, for an overall effect that looks almost rough, but gives the user a soft, comfortable seating experience. “

sourse by : http://www.nendo.jp/en/works/detail.php?y=2008&t=111