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

Location

On View - Wieland Pavilion, Skyway, Gallery 420

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.