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mdf

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This is my prototype of a folding chair made of plywood. It is inspired by some Danish designed chairs from the 50s. It is quite comfortable, but I will be changing the design a bit and make it more sleek.


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Don

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posted 445 days ago

Beautiful chair, wonderful setting.

mdf, it’s obvious you are not a novice, although a novice to this site – welcome.

I look forward to seeing more of your work.

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oscorner

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posted 445 days ago

Great chair! What type and thickness of plywood did you use? It looks very comfortable.

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Greg Mitchell

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posted 445 days ago

Nice looking chair. Very cool design!

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MsDebbieP

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posted 445 days ago

I really like the little arms!

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mdf

32 posts in 461 days


posted 445 days ago

Thank you all very much for your kind words. I used birch ply, 3/4 thick.

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jockmike2

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posted 445 days ago

Very nice looking chair Mdf, glad to have you aboard. jockmike

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Kaleo

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posted 445 days ago

Very well done. It looks alot like the Barcelona chair, I can’t remember who or when it was made. But it is really nicely done.

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jeanmarc

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posted 163 days ago

J likes the style of the chair beautiful work

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FritzM

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posted 153 days ago

MDF: what a great simple clean design! I love it! What finish did you use (if any)? The color stayed so clear.

Kaleo: It was Mies van der Rohe for the 1929 World’s Fair in Barcelona. And I agree, a great (unintentional?) reinterpretation of a classic.

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mdf

32 posts in 461 days


posted 153 days ago

Kaleo and FritzM – you are right the chair does have some of the same lines, however I think my chair is closer to Hans Wegner’s folding chair from 1949. He may have been inspired by Mies Van der Rohe?. There is not much new under the sun!

The chair never got a finish. It was a prototype made out of basic plywood. The new “version” is made from red oak and the seat and back is weaved with Danish Cord.

Mads

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FritzM

90 posts in 297 days


posted 152 days ago

mdf: I hadn’t seen Wegner’s folding chair until you mentioned it…. beautiful! I really like your interpretation of it. Yours in some way is a more modern (meaning of today’s) style….. I think it’s the shape of the arm rests and their position on the chair and the lack of stays connecting the seat to the back under the chair. Yours has a more CNC “flat-pack” look which I really like.

-- Fritz Oakland, Ca http://www.muegenburg.com (dedicated to my other hobby)

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trifern

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posted 91 days ago

Very nice design. It looks very inviting.

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thetimberkid

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posted 91 days ago

Great job!

Thanks for the post

Callum

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jeanmarc

1752 posts in 201 days


posted 77 days ago

Nice looking chair.Great job!

-- jeanmarc manosque france

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