Introducing the World’s Lightest Chair

Tuesday, July 21, 2009 12:42 pm

The Italian manufacturer MDM World announced this morning that its Estrema chair, designed by Massimiliano Della Monaca, has been certified by the folks at Guinness World Records as the (drum roll, please) World’s Lightest Chair. Made from a single layer of carbon fiber, Estrema weighs a mere 1.36 pounds. That is indeed very light. By comparison, Frank Gehry’s aluminum Superlight chair, for Emeco, weighs 6.5 pounds. Heck, some issues of Metropolis weigh more than 1.36 pounds. Despite its light weight, the chair can support about 220 pounds—impressive, but probably not enough for widespread adoption in the States, where the average adult male tips the scales at 190 pounds.

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I am impressed by this effort, but more so by the fact that the average US male is 190 lbs and only 5’9-1/4” tall. We are on our way to be an obese nation.

Horace

Comment by Horace — July 21, 2009, @ 4:44 pm
This is a phenomenal accomplishment. I am going to make a 1 lb carbon chair in august, I guess I’ll design it for the average italian.

thanks for the inspiration,

seth

Comment by seth quest — July 26, 2009, @ 4:34 pm
very good looking chair and i like the idea is carbon which is my favorite material. could be great if u let us know the price as well.
plz advise. j

Comment by jakob — November 16, 2009, @ 7:34 pm
Amazing weight! shame about the aesthetics/colours

Comment by Liz — December 14, 2011, @ 11:48 am