Completed Cardboard Chair

I finally got done with the chair at 10:30 this morning. It supports me, but it is a little wobbly. I am happy with the way it looks but it is a little skinny. If I could do it over again I would ad a few more layers in the cardboard.

Look you can sit in it both ways!

Chair Making Process

I worked many hours over the weekend on this chair. It was very hard to cut the pieces exactly right in each piece but they lined up fairly well. The photos turned out very well.

These are photos of the basic structure complete.

When I was working on this on Saturday the light was creating nice shadows against the concrete floor. 

Finally I got all the slats glued on and it is almost done!

Refined Chair Model

I finally figured out the direction of what I want my final cardboard chair to look like. This chair can be transformed from regular chair to a chaise lounge. Cannot wait to start building with cardboard! Hopefully I can make this out of wood.

10 Chair Models

Here are my 10 paper chair models inspired by the Nananu Chair. I think a few of them could be altered slightly and they will be more like what I really want my chair to look like!

Nananu

"Famously" Designed Chair

David Trubridge

Nananu

Nananu chair by New Zealand designer David Trubridge is inspired by the different, varied culture and unique mixture of indoor and outdoor living. The chair is made of ash or oak, hop pine plywood and stainless screws.


David's work is produced in New Zealand using only natural materials so as to minimize the impact on the environment. He has a background in naval architecture that manifest in his designs. The forms he creates in this environment, his sculptures and furniture, speak of simplicity and the fragility of life, of man's dependence on his environment, of his preservation and his optimism for the future as a result of the sustainable development.

Blobby seat made of wood.

If a beanbag were made of wood, it would be Nananu (reminds me of Cobonpue). Made by WhiteFlax in Italy, but with designs and designers that come from Australasia. The collection is inspired by the "different and varied culture and unique mixture of indoor / outdoor living" of Polynesia, New Zealand and Australia. Other bent wood creations include a curvy rocking chair called Rocker, Dondola the undulating rocking recliner, Liferaft seating, the hammock-like Sling recliner, and the skeletal Coral Lamp.