Dirk van der Kooij - Chair - Plastic

Endless Dining Chair
Dirk van der Kooij, 2016
Recycled plastic - textural variation indicative of recycled nature of source material
Shades of blue, white & transparent
L48x. W41x. H87cm, 18kg
Made in Zaandam, NL
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In 2011, the Endless chair came to life as Dirk van der Kooij's hard-fought graduation project. In a worldwide first, he reconfigured a pneumatic robot arm to extrude furniture from recycled plastic. The first series consisted of gently tinted plastic threads, built up shakily to form 3D tapestries. A mal-aligned motor imparted a scalloped pattern, though was also responsible for the unlikely tacitly of the technique.
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This chair was made as part of the Endless Chair's second generation, and is made from a stronger and cleaner plastic than very early versions of the chair. The scalloped patterning has been exaggerated for enhanced textural effect. Having lived in the Kooij archive for close to a decade, the chair does carry some bumps and scratches. Overall, the chair is impressively strong and durable, ready for a lifetime of use. This Endless Chair is dining height.
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