Jörg Boner chair WOGG 42

chair WOGG 42
for WOGG (CH), Prototype 2007,
Production 2009

Infos: www.wogg.ch
Booklet: Dressed like a chair

Photo: Milo Keller

Working with chairs fascinates us. In this case the upholstering falls around the wooden frame like a dress. The final shape emerges only through the arrangement of the folds. The Wogg 42, optimised and ready for serial production, was presented at the Milan Furniture Fair 2009 and is now available in specialist shops.

Photo: Milo Keller

Product show Wogg, Milan Furniture Fair 2009.

Photo: Milo Keller

Prototype 2007

The substructure is made of minimal wooden profiles. Those have cone-shaped feet that are fixed in tangential deviation what makes them appear graceful. Due to the optimal conjunction the construction made of slowly grown ash wood is very solid. It is produced in naturally light and black stained.

The real invention is to find in the upholstery. It shall lay like a dress on the wooden frame. The two pieces (for the seating and backrest element) are produced in an industrial processing. The upholstery material than lies between the textile sides is welded in a high frequency technique. The third dimension only emerges through folding onto the wooden frame of the chair. The pieces of fabric are fixed with a system of press-studs. Therefore it is easy to exchange them. With the different colours the expression changes remarkably.

The dress making pattern.

Photo: Milo Keller

The prototype 2007, displayed by Milo Keller in restaurant G27, Zurich.

Photo: Milo Keller

Prototype and working models in restaurant G27, Zurich