Sergej Gerasimenko

SERGEJ GERASIMENKO (Perm region, Russia, 1967).
Pair of chairs, ca. 2010.
Cardboard.
Limited edition of 100 pieces designed by Sergej Gerasimenko for his own company, Returmöbler. Copies 15/100 and 16/100.
Signed and numbered by the artist under the seat. With Returmöbler stamp.
They show signs of use but in good condition considering the age and material.
Measurements: 85 x 42 cm; 44 cm seat height.

Strange as it may seem that the bidding pair of chairs was entirely and solely made of cardboard, the truth is that around the mid-1960s the first examples of cardboard chairs emerged, mostly influenced by pop culture and oriented to a child audience. Some of the most prominent names were those of the Japanese Riki Watanabe (who devised a series of cardboard furniture based on the Japanese origami culture); as well as the Englishman Peter Murdoch with the cardboard series "Spotty"; the German Peter Raacke (one of the first designers to work with corrugated cardboard, author of the "Otto" chair) or Frank Gehry himself, who launched the "Easy Edge" series, whose success positioned him in a prestigious place as a furniture designer.
Sergey Gerasimenko, author of the pair of tender chairs designed for his own company Returmöbler, may have been encouraged by the sustainable character of this type of creations, as well as by the predecessors who laid the foundations of such a distinguished line of design.