{"id":851665,"date":"2026-08-11T17:28:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T17:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/851665\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T17:28:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T17:28:16","slug":"industrial-designer-gudmundur-ludvik-re-thinks-the-folding-chair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/851665\/","title":{"rendered":"Industrial designer Gudmundur Ludvik Re-Thinks the Folding Chair"},"content":{"rendered":"


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“Why should a folding chair be a compromise?” asks Icelandic industrial designer Gudmundur Ludvik<\/a>. “For decades, folding chairs have been designed around storage and transport, often at the expense of comfort and everyday use.”<\/p>\n

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Ludvik aimed to change that with his Backflip<\/a> chair. ” The ambition was to approach the typology from the opposite direction \u2014 to create a good chair first, and a folding chair second. The result is a chair that moves easily between use and storage while maintaining the comfort, character and presence expected from everyday furniture.”<\/p>\n

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To accomplish his desired arrangement of components, Ludvik had to jettison the conventional hinging points. Instead he developed a hinge mechanism concealed by the backrest. It makes folding\/unfolding the chair a nifty one-handed operation:<\/p>\n

“Rather than exposing the technical complexity, the construction allows the chair to maintain a calm and familiar appearance. The mechanism becomes part of the structure rather than an addition to it. This approach made it possible to achieve a level of comfort and visual simplicity rarely associated with folding furniture.”<\/p>\n

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The Backflip is in production by Hay. <\/p>\n


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