I saw this at the MOMA today. I have a love/hate with carbon fiber: you can do beautiful things with it, but it's not entirely environmentally friendly. But aside from that, these early forays into the use of carbon and furniture, I feel, have been weak. Such as this piece. Yes it is very beautiful, and it looks really cool. But to me, its a big wicker chair. Just as in the bike industry, there are some cost and experimental learning curves. Nowadays, we have large grasp on the potential of what carbon can do (just look at the Boeing 787). I also just watched a youtube on making carbon cellos. They said it had better sound quality than wood!
Although this a nice piece, I think I could do better. I think designers looking at using carbon need to study what other industry's have done with it, and use that knowledge to go further. If 8 lb bikes can be made, how about a 2lb folding chair?
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