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chair 01

furniture design, lounge chair, plywood chair

CHAIR 01

2012 / Art Institute of Seattle

cHAIR 01 IS THE FIRST FURNITURE PIECE CHENGFU DESIGNED AND MADE
INSPIRED FROM THE STRUCTURE OF CLASSICAL FLYING MACHINE

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FORM FOLLOWS STRUCTURE

In the early days, airplane were held together by structural tension wired called lift struct. The specific structure grow into the inspiration of this furniture piece.

two dimensional to three dimensional

In english, from paper to sketch. At the time, with not much knowledge about furniture, ChengFu loves to just do it and go with the flow. ChengFu absolutely enjoyed the experience of the process of figuring it out.

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