kentaro takagi bends recycled PVC tubes into contemporary chair
through heat bending, sand blasting and wood working, kentaro takagi turns plastic tubes into furniture.
prefer designboom on googledesigner kentaro takagi has engineered recycled PVC tubes into the structural, comfortable ‘i.e. chair’. by splitting the plastic tubes and bending them using heat, the designer created the shapes needed for the different parts of the chair. he then produced wooden structural joints and surfaces, onto which the PVC tubes attach to.
front view
the chair is light weight as it only uses hollow PVC tubes and light wood. the designer chose to sandblast the PVC tubes to give them a sophisticated finish, disguising the material’s ordinary surface. sliding the bent tubes into the wooden parts creates strong connections between both elements and provide rigid joints for safe seating.
back rest view
front view
arm detail
joint detail
back rest joint detail
the chair is stable with the strong structural joints
light weight
using ordinary PVC tubes
sand blasting the surface for the unique finish
bending process using heat
bending process using heat
project info:
project name: i.e. chair
designer: kentaro takagi
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