EXHIBITIONS: SE 1999

CABINETMAKERS AUTUMN EXHIBITION 99


DESIGN: ERLING CHRISTOFFERSEN
Material: Maple

The thought is to create a chair with a simple expression. Its special characteristic is the shape of the back, which results from playing with paper which, in the final analysis offers the same opportunities and has the same limitations as veneer. Experiments in folding the paper with curved lines result in interesting and very springy spatial forms, as the material has a slight tendency to have its own free will and a wish to go its own way. Even though the shape is a single curve, it works in practice as a double curve. This makes the chair very comfortable, with space for the small of the back and pleasant support for the curved spine.

Because of the relatively sharp profiling, the laminated back is very strong.

Because the noteworthy and expressive aspect of the chair is and must be its back, we have chosen to tone down the design of its other components.
See Erling Christoffersen's page on the SE site

Made by Design 134

Design:
Design 134
Erling Christoffersen, Bjørli Lundin, Flemming Steen Jensen