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I believe I saw this in the MOMA recently.

Really cool chair.

I don't like it too much, but I do believe that my cat would "open" it up on his own quite well, and enjoy it immensely. It would probably end up decorating my apartment in millions of joyously-clawed bits.

Impressive reuse of salvage material, but it looks like a roll of toilet paper that my cats played with.

Looks like a Kleenex Tamale.

Points for creativity, though!

I love it as an art object or conversation piece. It's so friendly looking (yet also kind of like a bad hairstyle).

I'm wondering what it looks like after it's been sat in for awhile.

as an artistic object, fantastic, defamilizes both paper and chairs. it's a little like oppenheim's hairy cup -- cool but not exactly cup.

I don't like it. BUT---I appreciate the creativity of the designer. Wouldn't it be fun to see what Charles and Ray Eames threw in the trash?

Looks like Chewbacca's albino cousin.

Hot or Not it would be helpful to know the price. I appreciate the spirit of some of Edra's wackier designs but the prices?!@#$% Who's got $9,000 for a chair, least of all for a novelty chair?

It looks a little bit like a cloaca (translation: chicken butt)

UGH-ly!

that is just really bad. what more to say?

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I'm not sure what this says about me, but I tend to agree with MiklakMiklak. I definitely see the anus of something very furry; perhaps that of an Afghan Hound? I also think of dust. Lots of dust. And how sitting in that chair once its pleats have collected said dust would make me sneeze.

I think it's an interesting re-use concept; but I fail to see how this one would actually translate over into retail. Maybe it's not supposed to! Alas, I think I'd giggle every time I sat in this chair- especially if it squeezed me slightly upon sitting and standing.

Huh?

Please ignore above, AT is giving me a hard time.

Interesting look, but the big question is: how the heck do you keep it clean??

Ha. I kind of love it. I do. I love it.

I see no anus, I see no chicken butt.

I see fashion. I see Issey Miyake turned wardrobe designer for Swan Lake. Only for sitting on.

definitely great as an art piece, this is something for display at a gallery or museum but not for a home.

Hot hot hot. That's gorgeous!

I'm pretty sure ingo mauer used the paper from the fabric pleating process to make fantastic lampshades. I've been to pleating factories and the variety and intricacy of the pleated paper is beautiful. But in this case, not so much for me.

Oh- yup- just found them.
http://tinyurl.com/4xtewg

Those lamps at the bottom of the page are made from the same stuff and they are spectacular.

Obviously it's very unique, creative, and green. With a lot of care, I would think it could fit in nicely in some settings as a statement, but, seems like once in, it would be very hard to get out. Also, it seems a bit too much like a novelty to ever be iconic, i.e, destined to be kitsch, or worse, street- side junk, thereby negating its "greenness".

I told you not to put the poodle in the microwave.

Ideal to lose change money, remote controls, socks, magazines...you name it.

Lovely design, but I don't think it is suitable for home use. Pretty difficult to clean, too.

amazing beginning of a great concept. this is like a flower bloomimg. it's bound to be reincarnated in different materials i'm sure

The form is just not appealing. The layering is kind of cool, but the entire thing reminds me of bales of hay bundles, toilet paper, and a baby bassinet. Given that it's made from waste paper, it's also pretty useless as I'm sure it's not durable.

Dust, Lint, Hair and Dirt magnet. 30 thousand crumbs can't be wrong! However, it does give string mops a run for their money when it comes to looks.

One more thing, people who design these kinds of furniture obviously never had to clean house on their own. This is an example of the principle, "form follows function."

i was dying to test it out...sit on it when i saw it at the MOMA

cute... my cats would tear it to shreds. but I think it's beautiful and not at all like shredded toilet paper.

I love the way this chair looks and that it's design is revealed to you by unfurling it yourself.

(the side view reminds me of the infamous Maxwell ad from the 80's)

I'm with you, RedShoes. But it's not the kind of thing that would work in my home.