L22 chair by Pilot///Wave
These collapsible chairs by American design studio Pilot///Wave hang on the wall in an undulating line when they're not in use. (+ movie).
Above: movie by Pilot///Wave
Pilot///Wave designers Matthew Burke and Kyle Kennedy, who are based in Portland, Oregon, came up with the L22 chairs for libLAB Taipei, a book shop and event space in Taiwan's capital city.
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Designed to take up as little space as possible when stored away, the 60 chairs hang perpendicular to a 30-metre wall on special brackets.
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"The unique storage system also serves as an art installation when the chairs are not in use," say the designers. "The chairs appear as though they are dancing along a gentle curve."
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Each chair, made of birch plywood and aluminium, unfolds loosely and is fixed in place by slotting its back legs into its square base.
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Other folding chairs we've featured on Dezeen include one made from reclaimed wooden broom handles and another that doubles as a coat hanger.
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Photographs are by Emily Wang.
Here's some more information from the designers:
We were asked by libLAB Taipei to design and fabricate 60 chairs for the L22 event space.
Because libLAB is a space for story telling [through food, retail, and events] we wanted to create not just a group of chairs, but an installation that was a story in itself in three parts.
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Spatial restrictions meant that the chairs needed to be collapsible when not in use and take up as little room as possible along a 30M wall.
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Through rigorous prototyping we developed a solution that allowed the chairs to unfold and be stored hanging along the wall, allowing the chairs to appear as though they are dancing along a gentle curve.
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The wall mounting brackets provide the third piece of the story. As the chairs are removed from the wall, the brackets reveal themselves in staccato rhythm and add a sinewy decoration to the room.
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