Sitting on a piece of furniture made out of waste is the most fundamental green move. And Oki Sato of Nendo came up with the Cabbage Chair in response to Issey Miyake’s request 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. Aptly named, it works like a cabbage only. You can keep peeling at its outer layers to find that perfectly shaped chair. The paper is wrapped into a cylinder and cut vertically halfway down one side so that the layers can be peeled back one at a time.
For sturdiness, resin is added during the original paper production process. This also enables it to remember forms while the pleats give the chair elasticity and springy buoyancy.
Once this vegetable-named chair hits the shelves, it will be easy to ship as a roll while the peeling effect is completely DIY. Did you ever think that peeling could be a fun way to craft a chair?
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