Gabriel Wiese, the author of these great designs, has received acclaim at art exhibitions both in the USA and Switzerland.
Many people are giggling when they hear about cork reuse. For example, in France they take bottle cork recycling rather seriously. There are many things you can do with the material. The usual field of application has been insulation tiles and flooring. Now, you can see that cork can be turned into art and furniture.
Aparently these eco-friendly chairs are made in limited editions (5 chairs per edition) and sold to clients However, that’s my assumption. Despite Wiese’s chairs being objects of functional art, his website is not functional at all. However, I added his name to my Google Alerts. I hope to catch his eco-art at a forthcoming exhibition, if there will be any.
Do you know where I can buy one? How much do they cost. I think it would go very well with my minimalist design.
Unfortunately I don’t. I’ve tried to get in contact with the author but it is proving to be difficult 🙁 Regarding the cost… As these chairs were limited edition, I believe the price would be over 1K, however, it is only a guess. Grab my RSS meanwhile, I’ll be posting about similar cork designs soon.
This chair actually looks comfortable! You could probably make a rather nice swimming pool chair too. Clearly this would float well.
LOL! An armchair in a swimming pool, sounds like a great idea 🙂 I never thought about it but you’re right, a cork chair would flow. The question is if it would remain in a horizontal position once you sit in it!
Well, you could make it into a flatter raft you lay down on. And some cup holders would work too. LOL Maybe this is an idea for a new business you one of us. Something tells me wine bottle corks aren’t very cheap. How do you get 34,900 wine bottle corks? without getting a DUI?
Well, its actually 3000 corks for a chair like this. And, if you’re using a recycled fibre material as a filler, I think it is easy to bring the number down to 800 or so. Bottle corks are expensive, you are right. Even the recycled ones – because it usually involves getting the general public to mail in their corks. I am being told that there are some cork collecting points in convenience stores in France and Canada.