Sitting on an Air chair is like sitting on a weightless piece of bamboo weaving.

  ——Christoph John, the chief designer of Air Chair

The Air chair is made by a woven bamboo seating and an aluminum leg frame. The aim was to create a very light and durable chair. The qualities of bamboo are ranging from stiffness, flexibility and weightlessness. Furthermore it is a fast growing resource. Usually a bamboo woven chair requires a solid frame work to support the fragile pattern. The Air chair combines the frame and the weaving. The bamboo stripes are woven into each other and several in layers to build an organic three-dimensional shell. This technique enables a surprisingly stiff form and a beautiful pattern.

“Air” is an unconventional interpretation of traditional Chinese bamboo weaving. The concept explores the limits of bamboo’s weight and strength. The result is a significantly lightweight chair with the same durability of a much heavier chair.