Glider Chair Nomad /Hodja-Series

Glider Chair Nomad speaks its own language, as regards both the design and the stories behind it.

Inspired by Origami, the aim was to design a sculptural, comfortable chair using uncompromising folding and bending. The tapered shape created is evocative of a glider’s aerodynamic lightness. “Nomad” refers to the chair’s transitory character, most clearly expressed in the rolled headrest.

The Hodja-Series predicate refers to a classic Danish children’s book about adventurous nine-year-old Hodja and his flying carpet.  With this the initial idea of “taking a rug and folding it into a chair” is fully realised, and the stage is set for an informal, open and playful conversation.

The present rug design is based on the T-shape motif, which refers to the overall chair design (the tapered shape of the seat fold) as well as traditional eastern style incorporating central-medallion, borders, stylized fringes and intricate patterns.

Glider Chair Nomad is also produced in a version of wool felt. The Beuys-Series predicate refers to Joseph Beuys’ plane crash in Crimea during WWII and subsequent rescue by nomads, who healed him by coating him with fat and wrapping him in felt.