Inspired by the surprising strength of a wooden bushel basket he sought to fully integrate material and design to create a structurally and aesthetically light masterpiece.
Table frank gehry furniture.
As was and is true of gehry the architect the main attraction to his furniture was its use of an ordinary material corrugated cardboard to create fantastic shapes that literally reshaped people s image of furniture while remaining extremely functional and durable.
The pieces have names such as power play and cross check derived from ice hockey.
Sculptural console table and pair of wiggle stools designed by frank gehry for his company easy edges inc american circa 1970s.
The frank gehry furniture collection is a spectacular group consisting of three cubes a bench an easy chair a coffee table sitting unit and a sofa in silver plastic.
Gehry returned to furniture design in 1992 with a remarkably energetic line of furniture for knoll with frames and seating made of bent lightweight wooden strops.
Frank gehry fancied using materials from his architectural models into his furniture designs.
When cardboard is layered enough times they build strength into the piece making it suitable for everyday use.