How to build a chair
Going to China to work the manufacturing side of create the chair.
Going to China, especially these days comes with a price, the stigma that is connected with all that is cheap, low quality and unhealthy. These are big and difficult issue to try and overcome. I think if I had not been there several times and done a bit of business with Chinese companies (with both good and bad results) then I would yield to this propaganda.
The issue for me is location, I want this chair to be as environmental as is within my reach. This means I need to do the manufacturing close to where they make the bamboo plywood. The worst would be to ship bamboo from china, to Europe or America, then ship it again on delivery. The carbon footprint should be tiny.
So I’m off to Beijing to make the round and see if I can find an environmentally conscious manufacturing base. The travels will be chronicles here…
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