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The felt then retains its stiffness without any additions such as a frame, glue, resins,  or fasteners. \r\n\r\nTo create the PET felt, used plastic bottles are first sorted and shredded into tiny fibres of plastic. These fibres are melted and  formed into threads, and then felted using industrial machinery.","categories":[{"text":"Children and childhood","id":"THES48980"},{"text":"Furniture","id":"THES48948"},{"text":"Plastic","id":"THES49026"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"YVA","id":"THES48593"},"images":[],"imageResolution":"low","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"CA002","id":"THES388361"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Chair","id":"AAT37772"}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Denmark","id":"x28806"},"association":{"text":"Designed","id":"x29338"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"2008","earliest":"2008-01-01","latest":"2008-12-31"},"association":{"text":"Designed","id":"x29338"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Given by the designer","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"500","unit":"mm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"420","unit":"mm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Depth","value":"420","unit":"mm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"Designed in 2008, Little Nobody is an children’s chair produced from a single piece of PET felt. \n\nThe chair is the children’s edition of Nobody, a full-size chair by Boris Berlin and Poul Christiansen of the Danish firm  Komplot Design. The inspiration for the adult size is said to be a request by a Swedish prison to design a chair that was  light, comfortable, stackable, noise-less, cavity-free, and unable to be used as a weapon.\n\r\nThe chair is a unique design for a childrens’ chair. The surprising materiality of the chair, stiffened felt which creates a solid structure able to hold body weight, provides a visually  intriguing prompt for younger audiences to explore materiality.  \n\nA square of PET felt is thermopressed into shape around a mould, and  the edges neatened with a water jet. The felt then retains its stiffness without any additions such as a frame, glue, resins,  or fasteners. The resulting chair is light, without hard edges, easily stacked and silent when moved – making it an ideal  chair for children. The PET felt from which the chair is made is an interesting example of how recycled plastic can be used in furniture  production. To manufacture the felt, plastic bottles are first sorted and shredded into tiny fibres of plastic. These fibres are melted and  formed into threads, and then felted using industrial machinery.\n","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Childrens' chair, black, 'Little Nobody', by Boris Berlin and Poul Christiansen (Komplot Design), designed 2008, black thermo-pressed PET felt","bibliographicReferences":[],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"Little Nobody\r\n\r\nThe Little Nobody chair saves plastic bottles from being dumped in landfill. Producing a soft textile from former bottles uses less energy and water than growing new cotton plants.The production process results in a soft-to-touch seat. But it’s also rigid enough to stack, has no hard edges and is very quiet on hard surfaces.\r\n\r\nDesigner: Boris Berlin/Komplot Design\r\nDate: 2007\r\nLocation: Denmark\r\nMaterials: Felt from recycled plastic\r\nGiven by Boris Berlin/Komplot Design\r\nMuseum no. B.45 to 47-2023","date":{"text":"01/07/2023","earliest":"2023-07-01","latest":"2023-07-01"}},{"text":"<b>Step three: Trim the edges </b>\n\r\nFinally, the moulded felt needs its edges trimmed away. This excess is cut off using a very strong water jet, which cuts like laser beam. The finished chairs are solid and stackable. \n\r\n[Young V&amp;A, Design Gallery, Design changes materials we use, short object label]","date":{"text":"01/07/2023","earliest":"2023-07-01","latest":"2023-07-01"}},{"text":"<b>Step two: Felt sheet to seat</b> \n\r\nThen, the felt sheets are heated to 215°C. The hot felt is laid over a mould in the shape of the chair, pressed into it, and cooled down to fix its shape. \n\r\n[Young V&amp;A, Design Gallery, Design changes materials we use, short object label]","date":{"text":"01/07/2023","earliest":"2023-07-01","latest":"2023-07-01"}},{"text":"<b>Step one: Plastic to fibres </b>\n\r\nTo make the Little Nobody chair, plastic bottles are first sorted and shredded into tiny fibres of plastic, as shown in the bell jar on the right. \n\r\nThese fibres are melted and formed into threads, and then felted using industrial machinery. \n\r\n[Young V&amp;A, Design Gallery, Design changes materials we use, short object label]","date":{"text":"01/07/2023","earliest":"2023-07-01","latest":"2023-07-01"}}],"partNumbers":["B.47-2023"],"accessionNumberNum":"47","accessionNumberPrefix":"B","accessionYear":2023,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-09-12","recordCreationDate":"2023-02-27","availableToBook":false}}