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Flat Chair by Sara Paculdo
https://www.toxel.com/tech/2026/08/07/flat-chair-by-sara-paculdo/ https://www.toxel.com/tech/2026/08/07/flat-chair-by-sara-pac...
- dvar 2mo ago[dead]
- esperent 2mo agoIt's cool but that rounded seat looks very uncomfortable. I could imagine it as a great item for a child's room though, if they could build it themselves from the flat sheet.
- speps 2mo agoAd-free link from original creator: https://paculdo.com/innovative-housewares-inside-out-design-oliso/ https://paculdo.com/innovative-housewares-inside-out-design-...
- alphakappa 2mo agoThank you. The original website is a uniquely awful ad-infested page.
- dang 2mo agoOk, I've made that link the top one (even though you have to scroll down to find the flat chair) and moved the submitted link to the top text. Thanks!
- smusamashah 2mo agoThe screws on the bottom will be under lots of strain I imagine
- rob74 2mo agoAlso, depending on how flexible the material is, it looks like those screws might scratch the floor on which the chair sits?
- stavros 2mo agoAnd, unfortunately, strain in the wrong direction, as the bottom plate will want to flatten out. It doesn't look like this chair will last more than a few days before dropping you on the screws.
- aaron695 2mo ago[dead]
- glimshe 2mo agoThis person is very talented but that chair looks super uncomfortable. Resting you arms on those thin armrests will hurt within seconds. But that's exactly the type of furniture my mom loves :)
- Gravityloss 2mo agoA lot of other modern furniture looks like it was just the default in CAD. Ie completely rectangular arm rests with sharp edges etc. I get that a car like Ford Sierra looked featureless and too simple in its time, I guess it seemed like lazy design. Where were all the trims and grilles and fenders and in general the "borders between things"? But I think it didn't hurt its usability.
- kleiba2 2mo agoExcept that I just don't subscribe to the idea that flatpackedness should be the guiding principle of furniture design.
- PetitPrince 2mo agoSince they rely on curves for the sitting surface, they should have done a proper saddle chair shape instead. The current design prioritize the manufacturer/corporation over the user/human. This is a failure on my book.
- virtualritz 2mo agoIndeed, looks super uncomfy. And yeah, I helped a friend who's a furniture designer [1] for a few years. After a while, when you 'beta test' pieces in development a lot, you understand that looks are great but comfort always wins. [1] https://www.saschaulber.com/works/ https://www.saschaulber.com/works/
- jszymborski 2mo agoIn my mind, the chair is meant to deform some, such that the curved seat gives a bit. But that might just be in my mind
- stronglikedan 2mo agoI think you're correct. I think it would form sort of an upside down W shape when sat on, but with softer curves, and no edges digging into the user.
- archerx 2mo agoI wish they had shown a real version of the chair with a real human sitting on it.
- nntwozz 2mo agoI came here to post the same thing, this is the only thing that matters. "I want to see it work on a person. I want to see a negative before I provide you with a positive." - Tyrell, Blade Runner 1982
- meindnoch 2mo agoLooks extremely uncomfortable and unstable.
- kjellsbells 2mo agoI don't love it immediately, and yes, in fiberglass this chair doesnt sound too comfortable. But if it were made in leather, I could see it becoming very comfortable indeed, and the keather would also nod to the very obvious saddle shape. (Always good to see common objects reimagined, even if they might not seem "right", they get a conversation started.)
- lopis 2mo agoLeather would not provide the tension needed for this. You'd need a core maybe of something else.
- stronglikedan 2mo agoOk, leather over carbon fiber, for the wealthy.
- conartist6 2mo agoNice tall backrest, angled inward so that only the top corner slices into your back and nothing else makes contact. ...Also I hope you don't have any bones in your butt
- bcraven 2mo agoNon-curved model that can be made from a single piece of plywood: https://store.bigguyinatinyhouse.com/products/flat-folding-chair https://store.bigguyinatinyhouse.com/products/flat-folding-c...
- northernsausage 2mo agoThis should be the top response tbh.
- stoobs 2mo agoYup, that wins in simplicity, but a deckchair is almost as simple, and is a lot more comfortable
- jszymborski 2mo agoThis looks impossibly uncomfortable though. The backrest looks like it's pushing you off the seat and the chairs legs look like they'd pin in your own. No thanks!!
- munificent 2mo agoNot super comfortable, but it has the advantage of being easily disassembled too. It's a folding chair, so you can stuff a stack of them in an attic and bring them out when you need to seat a bunch of people. Paculda's design looks like it makes shipping cheaper, but doesn't otherwise provide benefit.
- behole 2mo agoFair play on increased simplicity but in the end this looks like a torture device or a toilet add-on for seniors.
- nkrisc 2mo agoIn the thumbnail concept sketch it shows someone sitting in it with their arm hanging over one of the “armrests”. What the sketch doesn’t convey is the blood flow to their arm being cut off.
- madaxe_again 2mo agoIf it doesn’t give you Saturday night palsy it isn’t a chair
- QuantumNoodle 2mo agoWhat an awesome website!
- stoobs 2mo agoThat looks awfully uncomfortable, I suspect that it will rapidly fall apart under stress and leave nice sharp splinters of fibreglass everywhere, including in your skin.
- poody 2mo agoI love the way it looks.. but I did not think about how it may feel.. It could be a MOMA piece tho..
- poody 2mo agoCome for the chair.. stay for the statues dressed in clothes.. made my day
- WalterGR 2mo ago> Made from durable fiberglass panels What sort of fiberglass bends as much as depicted without breaking?
- Exoristos 2mo agoFiberglass can be made with all kinds if resins, including flexible ones.
- oliveiracwb 2mo agoAs publicidades que mais odeio: Internet (roubam sua privacidade, lateralizam seu pensamento). Embalagens (prefiro as embalagens Dharma, militares e soviéticas: sem cores ou textura, so informações). E de produtos: a mais pura inovação (o lixo da minha cidade é cheio de inovações). A que mais vou odiar no futuro: as embutidas na IA.
- layer8 2mo agoAt first it appears to be a single part, but it’s really four parts, plus twelve connector pins.
- y04nn 2mo agoIt makes me appreciate even more the simplicity and affordable price of a folding chair. https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/vihals-folding-chair-green-00592752/ https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/vihals-folding-chair-green-0059...
- bookofjoe 2mo agoFlat-Folding Chair Woodworking Template https://store.bigguyinatinyhouse.com/?srsltid=AfmBOoqxizHEHYVPylFi_jnV_xuRVqwKcAylpL_gu-eiDBNLu_VqgR4q https://store.bigguyinatinyhouse.com/?srsltid=AfmBOoqxizHEHY...