Material: Carbon-fibre
Date: 2003
H: 870mm W: 850 mm L: 2100mm
Weight: 3.7-6kg ‘Bengtsson plays up the tension between cold manufacturing processes and the handmade.’
Dominic Lutyens, in the Observer Magazine. The feather-light, semi-transparent structure of the Spun carbon-fibre chaise lounge belies the extraordinary strength of the carbon. Bengtsson spins a single carbon-fibre into a slender, mesh-like layer that weaves a cylindrical shape. The flexibility of the mesh moulds to the body as it cradles the sitter in the same comfort that would be afforded by a sprung base. In his quest for new forms, Bengtsson appears to have invented a direction so promising that it could portend the furniture of the future. Spun chaise lounge was acquired by the MoMA, Museum of Modern Art, New York and Manchester Art Galleries, England....more
