'easy edges' cardboard furniture ('69 - '72)

'wiggle stool + chair'
design:: frank o. gehry (usa, 1972)
re-production:: 'vitra' (germany)

... sculptural chair and stool made from recycled corrugated cardboard was originally designed as part of frank gehry's ground-breaking 'easy edges' series of sturdy cardboard furniture (pdf) ... although it appears simple, the 'wiggle chair' is constructed with frank gehry's care as well as being very robust and stable. it is tested to hold thousands of pounds!