The wiggle side chair was first designed and produced in 1972. this chair was constructed entirely out of corrugated cardboard, fiberboard and round timber
cardboard furniture became increasingly popular during the 1960 as the furniture was incredibly light and very cheap alternative to the normal traditional furniture . at this time attempts were made to reinforce the support of the single layer cardboard offered by using folds, tabs, slots, and other device. however the use of cardboard was unable to compete against its biggest rival plastic, this was because of property's such as the plastics being water proof (meaning the products being able to be used outside) and easy to mold under heat (opening up a greater field of designs) plastic in general was also in general alot stronger and lasted longer. Frank Gehry discovered a process that ensured cardboard furniture-making a new burst of popularity. he said “One day I saw a pile of corrugated cardboard outside of my office – the material which I prefer for building architecture models – and I began to play with it, to glue it together and to cut it into shapes with a hand saw and a pocket knife.” because of this it was then possible to turn massive bits of card board into sculptures. gehrey named this cardboard edge card board which consisted of layered corrugated cardboard running in alternating directions. in 1972 he introduced a series of works of cardboard furniture named easy edges. these card board designs where exteamly sturdy and due to there surface quality had noise reduction in the room. the "easy edges" did not take long to succeed as they bought Gehry fame over night as a furniture designer. however Gehry decided that he was not a furniture designer but an architect and therefore simply stopped designing the chairs. Gehry made an international breakthrough as an architect in the late seventies, among other things with the design of his private residence in Santa Monica, California, in 1978.
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