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A scale prototype for the 'Cabbage Chair' (W.22-2011), it is made entirely from waste paper. In creating the Cabbage Chair, Nendo designer Oki Sato was interested in re-using materials. The final version of the Cabbage Chair uses fabric left over from the process of making fashion designer Issey Miyake's 'Pleats Please' collection. With this prototype, Sato managed to create a chair made entirely from paper, with no additional core or supports. The chair's final design was then developed using this and other prototypes in different materials, colours and sizes. The rough appearance of the chair contrasts with its comfort, the recycling of materials and the minimal production and distribution costs make it a valuable addition to the evolving debate on design and sustainability.","physicalDescription":"A stool constructed of layers of pleated paper.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Oki Sato","id":"AUTH317263"},"association":{"text":"designers","id":"AAT25190"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[{"name":{"text":"nendo","id":"A40024"},"association":{"text":"designers","id":"AAT25190"},"note":""}],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"paper","id":"x30308"}],"techniques":[{"text":"pleating","id":"AAT228556"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Paper chair, scale prototype for nendo's 'Cabbage Chair'. This prototype was made from a roll of waste paper. To create the chair, a cut was made down the roll, to about half-way down its height. Individual sheets of paper were then pulled away from the roll, layer by layer. 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Nendo's designer Oki Sato was one of a group of artists and designers commissioned in 2008 by the fashion designer Issey Miyake to imagine 'how things would be in the future'. The Cabbage Chair was Sato's contribution, exhibited with the other commissioned work at the 21_21 Design Sight Gallery in Roppongi, Tokyo. \r\n\r\nIn his design, Oki Sato focussed on the idea of re-using materials. He began experimenting with the rolls of paper that had been discarded in the process of making Miyake's 'Pleats Please' collection. With this prototype, Sato managed to create a chair made entirely from paper, with no additional core or supports. The chair's design was developed using this and other prototypes in different materials, colours and sizes. Full-scale versions were made in fabric.\r\n\r\nThe V&A also holds an example of the final Cabbage Chair design (W.22-2011).","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Chair, 'Cabbage chair', designed by Oki Sato [nendo], pleated paper, 2008","bibliographicReferences":[],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"Prototype","id":"THES48871"},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[{"text":"Tokyo (city)","id":"x32430"}],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[{"text":"Miyake, Issey","id":"A6329"}],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"<b>Cabbage Chair prototype </b>\n\r\nThis prototype seat is formed from layers of paper. The paper is a by-product from producing pleated fabric for fashion designer Issey Miyake’s <i>Pleats Please</i> line. \n\r\nRolled up and tied together, it is sliced to the centre and the layers peeled out like a cabbage. Its simplicity reduces fabrication and distribution costs and addresses environmental concerns. \n\r\nDesigner: Oki Sato for nendo \r\nDate: 2008 \r\nLocation: Tokyo \r\nMaterials: Waste paper \r\nMuseum no. W.2-2013 \r\n\n[Young V&amp;A, Design Gallery, Design changes materials we use, long object label] ","date":{"text":"01/07/2023","earliest":"2023-07-01","latest":"2023-07-01"}}],"partNumbers":["W.2-2013"],"accessionNumberNum":"2","accessionNumberPrefix":"W","accessionYear":2013,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2024-06-11","recordCreationDate":"2012-11-15","availableToBook":false}}