Spring Chair by Modern Bamboo

Made of a single form, the Spring Chair reduces material waste in production and curves in a sexy shape that looks great. Made of molded bamboo, many plies are built up to hold the signature s-shape of the chair.

Though we have not sat in one, Modern Bamboo says the chair is ergonomically designed for contoured comfort. This chair sounds like a winner any way we look at it.

Avaialbe in 3 finishes: cherry, ebony, and natural bamboo.

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Modern bamboo also has some really sexy end tables/stools. A leetle pricey but still wonderful to look at http://www.modernbamboo.com/beccastool.html .

posted by Trumystique on July 2nd 2007 at 6:09am
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How weather resistant are these chairs, and bamboo products in general? I saw some bamboo rugs on sale at Crate and Barrel, and thought of using them outdoors, but I wondered whether they would hold up to rain/sun, etc.

posted by Rog on July 2nd 2007 at 6:15am
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What's the weight limit on these babies? The website and the PDF have no details. They look gorgeous but I'd be afraid that too much weight too much rocking motion would spell trouble.

posted by Monica on July 2nd 2007 at 8:04am
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Anyone have pricing information?

posted by SYB_in_DC on July 2nd 2007 at 8:40am
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http://www.designpublic.com/shop/modern-bamboo/2712

$690-710

posted by most on July 2nd 2007 at 8:49am
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What a beautiful chair, and fairly GREEN.

Monica, bamboo is incredibly strong, it is used for scaffolding, etc, and this is a layered product with cross-plies, similar to plywood. It is as strong as the adhesive.

Here is more information on the material:

http://www.plyboo.com/

Thank you, most, for providing the price. It is incredible that A.T. rarely bothers to give complete information.

posted by MrGreen on July 2nd 2007 at 1:08pm
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That's a lot of $$ for a bamboo chair.
Is it greener than sitting on a $20 Ikea stool?

posted by SeanG on July 2nd 2007 at 3:00pm
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MrGreen, did you audition to be an editor for AT:Green? Since you are a wealth of knowledge on the subject (you MUST be... it's in your name!!) and seem to have a very strong opinion about how a blog should be run, you seem to be a natural candidate.. and "natural" is GREEN. Yay.

Plus, if you were an editor for AT:Green, I could so easily avoid your posts, all at once. Win-win!

posted by patrick (the other one) on July 2nd 2007 at 5:00pm
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If you want to email me and continue this crap one-on-one so everyone else doesn't have to continue to read it, I'm at hatrickdesign at aim dot com. But I'm officially done with it. You win.
posted by patrick (the other one) on 2007-07-01 22:29:12
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posted by MrGreen on July 2nd 2007 at 5:13pm
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You never emailed me, so the war wages on, baby.

posted by patrick (the other one) on July 2nd 2007 at 5:24pm
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Thank god someone said it, P(too)

posted by Graham on July 2nd 2007 at 7:42pm
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I love the look of these chairs, simple and beautiful - but my husband says molded wood in a curve like this will snap. I wouldn't want to buy them if they're not going to last. Does anyone have any experience with molded wood chairs (either these specifically or ones built in a similar way?

posted by stringy on July 2nd 2007 at 11:35pm
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