Spun Chaise (prototype)
Mathias Bengtsson (Danish, born 1971), designer and maker

Details
Title
Spun Chaise (prototype)
Artist/Maker
Mathias Bengtsson (Danish, born 1971), designer and maker
Date
2002
Medium
Carbon fiber
Dimensions
34 1/4 x 82 3/4 x 33 1/2 inches
Credit
Purchase with funds from the Decorative Arts Acquisition Endowment
Accession #
2013.5
Danish designer Mathias Bengtsson grounds his artistic process in what he calls “the promise of technology” by harnessing the latest materials and engineering to create furniture that recalls natural processes and biomorphic forms. For the prototype for Spun Chaise, Bengtsson wove—with the help of a computer—a single thread of carbon fiber to create a cylindrical, slinky-like chair that can support the weight of a human body yet only weighs five and a half pounds.