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Lot Essay
The 'Cabbage Chair' was designed for the XXIst Century Man exhibition curated by Issey Miyake to commemorate the first anniversary of 21_21 Design Sight in Roppongi, Tokyo. The fashion designer asked Nendo to create furniture from the pleated paper that is produced in mass amounts when pleated fabric is made, and which is usually discarded as an unwanted by-product.
Nendo transformed rolls of pleated paper into small chairs that emerge naturally as the paper is peeled away, one layer at a time. Resins added during the original paper production process add strength and the ability to retain forms, while the pleats themselves give the chair elasticity and a springy resilience. The overall effect looks almost rough, but gives a contrasting soft and comfortable seating experience. With no internal structure, additional finish or assembly materials needed, the primitive design of the 'Cabbage Chair' responds gently to fabrication costs and environmental concerns while also fitting active, optimistic and progressive 'twenty-first century' people.
Nendo transformed rolls of pleated paper into small chairs that emerge naturally as the paper is peeled away, one layer at a time. Resins added during the original paper production process add strength and the ability to retain forms, while the pleats themselves give the chair elasticity and a springy resilience. The overall effect looks almost rough, but gives a contrasting soft and comfortable seating experience. With no internal structure, additional finish or assembly materials needed, the primitive design of the 'Cabbage Chair' responds gently to fabrication costs and environmental concerns while also fitting active, optimistic and progressive 'twenty-first century' people.