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Always making me ”WANDER” just which hat he pulls all of his ideas from, Marcel Wanders has yet had another “show-stopping” moment with countless designs he has created for multiple manufacturers- at this years’ Milano Fair.  One specific design which truly created a *sparkle* in my eyes, and a smile on my face, was the SPARKLING Chair for Magi.  This specific design utilized a technique not commonly found when making furniture, that being the “blow-moulding” technique commonly used when making water bottles.

Here is a little information about the chair:  The Sparkling Chair is made out of PET and produced using the same blow molding technique commonly used for bottles of water. After blow molding the legs and seat, the hollow space is filled with high pressure air which creates very strong and structural components. With this technique the plastic usage is minimal and the total weight of the chair is only around 1kg. Finally the legs are screwed onto the shell. It’s as easy as drinking a glass of water.

image from www.marcelwanders.com

image from www.marcelwanders.com

image from www.marcelwanders.com

image from www.marcelwanders.com