Are you forever asking people to bring a casserole plus a chair or two? Or do you have the proverbial stack of metal or plastic chairs in your basement? Guilty on both accounts.
FlexibleLove furniture, a honeycomb, accordion structure-type furniture, is not only eco-friendly, it will save your aching back from lugging those chairs up from the basement every time you have a party. The furniture is made of readily accessible recycled materials such as wood waste and paper and accommodates a variety of different configurations as well as seating for a number of people.
The product line consists of the Earth 8 and the Earth 16, which seats upwards of 8 and 16 people respectively. Simply tug at the end to create your own custom configuration. (See the demonstration video above.) Come on, Anna. cardboard furniture that can hold the body weight of many people? According to the Company, the Earth 16 can support weight up to 4233 pounds, whereas the Earth 8 can support weight up to 2116 pounds. The Earth 8 is priced at $390 and the Earth 16 is priced at $580.
For more information about the designer, Chishen Chiu, see here.
The furniture can be purchased at the following:
France – Available online at Myfab France
Germany – Available online at Myfab Germany
Italy – Available online at FlexibleLove Italia
Spain – Available online at FlexibleLove Espana
Portugal – Available online at FlexibleLove Portugal
Taiwan – Purchase in-store from CNSense or online via Nordic Design
UK – Available online at FlexibleLove UK
US-please email the company at intl at flexiblelove.com.
The 2010 lineup will include FlexibleLove Virgin 20, FlexibleLove Earth 16, and FlexibleLove Earth 8. FlexibleLove White 16 coming soon.
So forget the plastic and metal chairs and go cardboard. Eco-friendly, smart and definite a conversation piece.
Readers, would you consider the above product for your next party?
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Amish Furniture says
May 25, 2010 at 10:36 pmYes, constantly. Whenever we have more than 10 people to our home, I ask for extra chairs. We also have the 20 or so plastic stack chairs that take up all our precious storage space. This concept is just fantastic. I would like to view a real piece in order to assess its quality as t I do value quality over cost.
FlexibleLove Canada says
June 10, 2010 at 9:33 pmFlexibleLove furniture now available in North America! For more information and to order online visit flexiblelove.ca
Eco Friendly Furniture says
November 24, 2010 at 2:43 amIf you look around your office or home, you may find a lot of furniture that is made out of particle board. Some may have some veneer made of wood, and you may really not have any idea about the wood that is being used in the furniture. Most people end up thinking about price, not the environment, when they purchase their furniture.
Anna@Green Talk says
November 24, 2010 at 11:44 pmEco, what do you suggest? Anna
Office Partitions says
December 21, 2010 at 11:06 pmI really like these, as the stackable chairs were my pet hate. I refused to allow them in my home, even though they were practical for those excess visitors. This is a great invention !
OrthodoxAtheist says
January 23, 2011 at 6:14 pmIt is all very well to mention the environment when trying to justify the high cost, and I do appreciate the Earth 16 version weighs in at 55lbs, so that’s a pretty hefty amount of cardboard, but you can’t attract the kind of market to start a revolution at $580. If they were manufactured in huge numbers and made by a dedicated process, then depending on the country of origin, you could sell at a fraction and still profit. If they were 1/2 to 1/3 the price, I wouldn’t even be typing this post… I’d be busy ordering one. They would become the new standard, I’m sure. I’ll keep an eye on the products and hope they come down in price so I don’t have to wait until I can justify such cost.
Anna@Green Talk says
January 24, 2011 at 12:45 pmOrthodox, good point. I think the problem may be economy of scale and price point. Anna
wendy ayres says
February 16, 2013 at 1:54 pmhi, do you know where i can buy the cardboard love chair?
Anna@Green Talk says
February 16, 2013 at 4:54 pmWendy, did you try the links above. I don’t know where you are but they sell it in Canada here http://www.flexiblelove.ca/