■ A thing to think about. And it doesn’t make any difference whether the concrete seat really is solid or not. At any rate, it presents itself as a filling in the case of the compact square model. The imprint of the grid shell furnishes proof of it. Which is important. Both chairs have the same surface curvatures, and consequently follow the same functions, even if they differ greatly as far as haptics and seating comfort are concerned. You take a seat and put your arms on the sides. In the case of the concrete chair, your fingertips feel the grooves, varying in depth, moulded by the form on the fresh concrete. The fingertips explore a decor. A decor, mind you, that makes sense, seeing that the lines elucidate the deformation of a flat grid (or of a flat surface) into such a seat shell. If a smooth mould had been used, a very similar chair would have come into being, but this would not have encouraged further thoughts. The decor of the concrete block has such a convincing appearance that one feels inclined to imagine the grid as a definite structure. No sooner thought than done. Only the edges of the block were left over, and the seat shell now really consists of a grid with convincingly shaped deformations of the individual lines. This time your fingertips feel the grid and the real structure, and they perceive the whole seat as a wisely minimalised construction.
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