Imagine: a wooden chair that comfortably conforms to every contour of your unique buttocks, without pinching it.
We introduce to you the world’s first “fractal” chair — based on a potential application of an expired 1913 patent, invented by Paulin Karl Kunze, for a “fractal vise,” designed for clamping bodies of any shape (try 3D printing your own fractal vise). Canadian maker Eric Tozzi went viral two years ago for restoring the rare antique device on his popular Hand Tool Rescue YouTube channel, attracting over 21.3 million views. It laid the foundation for this 150-pound chair that, to Tozzi’s knowledge, has never previously been made.
“I thought…
