Give a Little Wiggle

Frank O. Gehry’s Wiggle chair is the upscale version of the cardboard furniture I featured last week. How upscale? A thousand dollars will buy you a piece of Gehry’s 1972 “Easy Edges” series, which included the Wiggle chair, a side chair, a dining table, and the smaller side table. But is it worth it? You decide… Approximately 60 layers of cardboard are held together by hidden screws with a fibreboard edging, making this chair sturdy and physically appealing. It can actually hold thousands of pounds, and the chair itself feels almost velvety to the touch. Personally, I like everything about the series except the color. Cardboard, as we recently saw, doesn’t have to look like cardboard.

Available at Hive Modern