The Sealed Chair was made from the idea to produce a plastic chair in an artisan way in order to be dispensed from the use of injection moulding machines.
Dumas was interested in the process of bending plastic and as such made a tribute to the classic bentwood chair from Thonet.
The chair’s structure consists of three plastic rods made flexible by heating in an oven. After having been formed in wooden templates, the parts are connected using a welding technique that emphasises the melting of the plastic: a seal. The construction of the chair results from drawing with these bending and welding techniques. Each part works in synergy with the others, stabilising the ensemble.
