First Steps Chair

Overview

First Steps is a 2020 chair by Christophe Pillet. A single metal structure rises into the backrest, while paper rush or pure-cellulose paper cord is woven by hand across the seat and back.

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Construction

The metal structure comes in standard painted or Finish Plus metal treatments. Seat and backrest have metal supports with twisted paper rush or paper cord, offered in two named colours. Transparent-finished metal tips sit on thermoplastic ends.

Specifications

• Design year: 2020
• Codes 028101 and 028102: Largest drawing values, not labelled with axes: 82, 52 and 50 cm

From an archetypal chair

Flexform connects First Steps to Christophe Pillet's search for emotional qualities in ordinary objects. The page says the design reduces the chair toward an archetypal object, then relies on the curved frame and woven planes for its identity.

Hand-woven surfaces

The seat and backrest can use twisted paper rush or pure-cellulose paper cord. Both are made by hand over metal supports, while the surrounding structure remains slender and continuous.