VARIABLE™ WICKER

The original kneeling chair in a traditional material study

Chair design by Peter Opsvik, 1979

Re-dressed by Ingrid Bredholt, 2019

Chair Measurement:
W 52 cm x D 72 cm x H 51 cm + the 100 cm long tail when stretched out

Approx Weight :
7 kg 

This Variable™ has been altered to study the chair’s base material, wood, and the beauty of its natural patina. The wood shreds, originally palm leaves, provide an in-depth introduction to the material. Its strength when divided, gathered and manipulated is enormous and widely used within design, fashion and architecture. The strength and flexibility of the woven upholstery draws a parallel to the 19 layers of plywood that make up the curved runners.

WOOD - 100% beech ply wood, soap washed by hand, 100% foam covered in 100% natural raffia

Peter Opsvik

Peter Opsvik is a Norwegian industrial designer born in 1939, trained at the Bergen College of Applied Art and the Norwegian State College of Applied Art in Oslo. Opsvik has worked as a freelance industrial designer since 1970, and currently has his own design studio in Oslo, where he works with seven colleagues focusing on product design as a mean for solving real-life problems. Throughout his career, Opsvik has attempted to overcome our stereotypical sitting habits with his unconventional seating solutions. With a playful and human starting point, his work is a display of how norms of sitting nicely and sitting still can be broken.