Matthew Strong : The Carbon Fiber Eames Sofa

Michigan-based designer Matthew Strong has created a reborn Eames-inspired sofa using the most modern materials and the most traditional methods.

About – Woven using a traditional woven caning pattern out of 12k carbon fiber tow, the sofa weighs in at single digits, the weaving pattern adding substantial strength to the design and helping with cross-bond adhesion. The sofa’s form is based on a series of prototypes at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan of an extruded fiberglass shell armchair that was being developed in the late 1950′s.

Photos © Matthew Strong

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