Plywood Chair by Sisto Tallini
I met architect and designer Sisto Tallini at the BoConcept Trend Talk with Morten Georgsen. He created this plywood chair when he was in graduate school at the University of Pennsylvania.
The chair is made from three sheets of ordinary stock plywood purchased from The Home Depot, laminated together and milled on a CNC milling machine. The milling process exposes the edge grain of the plywood and the bands are designed in a way to allow a soft seating surface. The individual bands actually deform and contour to a person’s body. He says it’s comfy, and I think if you slapped a nice little seat cushion on there, I could certainly enjoy a book.
looks very comfortable and sexy COOL
well done
I absolutely love the chair. Especially the idea of individual bands contouring to individuals’ bodies sounds great. Any idea about the chair being manufactured anywhere?
I think he can build them one-off but he also mentioned that he might be interested in talking with a manufacturer.
I sat In this chair.Pleasing to the eye and yet very comfortable.Sistos talent is endless.
Jimmy Comfort
I absolutely love the chair. Especially the idea of individual bands contouring to individuals’ bodies sounds great………………………………………..
that’s exactly right Jaime. I can build the chair but I am interested in finding manufacturers and outlets.
Hey this chair looks amazing…….How long did it take to construct the chair?
That’s a tough question, it was designed and built over the course of a semester. This is the first full size prototype, so there are things I would improve the second time around, but i’d say it was milled, assembled and finished over 3 days.
Sexy chair indeed and looks comfy too
excellent ergonomics …everything is genious
very nice design