Image source: Vitra — Wiggle Side Chair
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Wiggle Side Chair
Gehry's 1972 corrugated cardboard side chair from the Easy Edges series, with hardboard edges
350 × 870 × 610 mm
1972
Approx. $1,700 (reference price; varies by region and retailer)
Official product information
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Description
Overview
The Wiggle Side Chair is part of Frank Gehry's 1972 furniture series Easy Edges. Vitra's page says he gave a new aesthetic dimension to an everyday material, cardboard, and calls the sculptural chair comfortable, strong and robust.
Construction
- Structure of corrugated cardboard
- Edges of hardboard, undyed, so the natural tone can vary slightly
- Natural colour for the seat shell
Specifications
- Fact sheet drawing: 350 mm wide, 610 mm deep, 870 mm high
Story
Easy Edges
Vitra's page says the Wiggle Side Chair belongs to Frank Gehry's 1972 furniture series "Easy Edges", where he gave cardboard, an everyday material, a new aesthetic dimension.
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An architect's furniture
The fact sheet says Gehry is known for using unusual materials and that the pieces of the series, though simple in appearance, were designed with an architect's consummate skill. The sculptural form makes the chair an eye-catching piece, and it pairs with the Wiggle Stool.
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