These extremely lightweight furniture design examples bring total ease of mobility to users with innovative materials. Forms of these tables and chairs are fairly conventional, but their virtual weightlessness is truly what makes these creations awe-inspiring.
As more spaces are built to be flexible and open-concept, furniture designs must also reflect this need and become much easier to move from one location to another.
Two phenomenal examples of furniture pieces that hardly weigh anything include the Membrane Chair by Benjamin Hubert, which weighs in at just three kilograms and a lightweight wooden table by Ruben Beckers that comes in at four-and-a-half kilograms. Both of these incredible furniture pieces demonstrate their weightlessness by having models lift them effortlessly with one hand.
54 Lightweight Furniture Design Ideas
From Weightless Timber Tables to Flat Foldable Furniture:
Laura McQuarrie — Jan 26, 2014 — Art & Design
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Open-Sourced Furniture
The OpenDesk Allows People to Partake in the Production Process
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Slot-Stored Tables
The Mastro Table Stows Away by Sliding its Legs into its Surface
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Custom Cardboard Furnishings
The Record Player Console Has Proportionate Cubbies for its Contents
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Flatpack Lumber Loungers
The Wasflat Chair is Formed from a Single Timber Sheet
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Stylish Convertible Seats
The Best Made Camp Chair Changes into a Stool by Folding Down the Back
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Posh Cardboard Seating
The Re-PLY Chair by Dan Goldstein is a Eco-Firned
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Rippled Modular Storage
This Modular Shelving Unit Uses Pegs to Lock Shelves in Place
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DIY Cardboard Cutout Lamps
Create These Glamorous Pendant Lights Out of Recycled Materials
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Bottle Stopper Barstools
The Bar{k} Stool is Composed of a Fitting Material for a Wine Bar
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Quirky Foldable Furniture
The A Frame Tables by Tomas Alonso Boast Colorful Bases
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Strapped Flatpack Furniture
Seats and Stripes by BRAM/STIJN is Vibrantly Raw and Easy to Assemble
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Multifaceted Foliage Seating
Chair Leaf by Milos Jovanovic Embodies the Nature of Eco Design
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Cardboard Cut-Out Furniture
DIY Living Uses Its Packing Boxes to Create Bonus Furniture
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Velcro-Assembled Seating
The Keep-it-Together Chair Makes for Compact Packing and Easy Building
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Flat Foldable Furniture
The Leo Salom 'Folding Chair' is Modernly Designed and Portable
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Professional Profile Furnishings
This Tok & Stok Business Card Constructs a Model Chair
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Rolled Fabric Furnishings
The Bolt Bench Combines Cloth Storage with a Comfortable Place to Sit
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Cardboard High-Chairs
Paper Tiger Recycled Products by Anthony Dan
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Lightweight Meshy Loungers
The Membrane Chair Embodies a Reductive Structure with Stretchy Textile
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Stacked Seat Storage
The Oneness Furniture System Furnishes Different Settings with Unique Setups
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Floating Frame Furnishings
The Viù Chair by Simone Spalvieri Features Modern Geometries
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Comfy Waffle Seating
The Intricately Designed Cardboard Chick 'n' Egg Chair
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Geometric Cardboard Seats
Lazerian Studio Reveals Recycled Cardboard Furniture in Milan
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Patterned Cardboard Furniture
Roberto Giacomucci Adds to the Recyclable Movement
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Space-Saving Tubular Furniture
This Space-Saving Chair Will Help Utilize All Available Room
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Slim Wide-Legged Seating
The Yori Stool by Timothy Schreiber is Inspired by Japanese Torii Gates
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Weightless Timber Tables
Ruben Beckers Designed the World's Lightest Wooden Table
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Cardboard Conference Cells
The Cellulose Meeting Pod Encourages Interactivity in Workplaces
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Geometric Cluster Chairs
This Lasercut Material‐Optimized Furniture Stacks 3D Shapes
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Animalistic Two-Footed Tables
'Pig on the Wings' is a Series of Playful Multipurpose Furnishings
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Flatpacked Backless Chairs
The Package Seat by Adrian Candela Folds Up for Convenient Carrying
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Expandable Saucer Desks
This Foldable Chair and Table Provides a Portable Productivity Hub
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Curvaceous Flatpack Furniture
The Stratflex Collection by Wintec Boasts a Flexible Polymer Grid
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Cardboard Origami Child Stools
This Upcycled Hand-Crafted Child Stool Lets Kids Sit and Step Up
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Fancy Folding Furniture
Case Coffee Table
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Simple Shoe-Inspired Seating
The Heel Chair by Nendo Has a Subtly Stylish Silhouette
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Overlapping Table Arrangements
Torei Table Allows You to Establish an Expansive Setup of Surfaces
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Tail Light-Inspired Furniture
3-in-1 Cardboard Lounge Set Inspired by the Volvo C30
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Perforated Nesting Stools
These Lightweight Seats By Haskell are Vibrant and Sturdy
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Unified Construction Tables
The Ter Table is Made from Nine Pieces of Separable Wood
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Fold-Flat Chairs
Ufuk Keskin & Efecem Kutuk's Sheetseat is Flat-Pack Seating
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Folded Cardboard Furnishings
Chairigami Provides Seating with Papercraft-Inspired Designs
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Crease-Inclined Tables
Kaki Table is Simply Supported by a Pair of Legs and a Small Bent Surface
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Modular Porch Swings
SwingLab by Andy Hilton is Modern and Versatile
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Wooden Wingspan Seating
This Bent Plywood Stool Embodies an Avian Lightness
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Minimalist Winged Seating
The Dronn Set by Redo Design Appears to Involve a Cardboard Box
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Pliéing Cork Perches
The Lovely Light Hans Stool Poses On its Tippy Toes
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Flatpack Accordion Furnishings
Selfdiscipline by Nika Zupanc is a Line of Fanned Out Funiture
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Minimalist Plywood Desk Lights
The Bankers Lamp by The Federal is Sleek and Natural
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Taped Cardboard Stools
Ogata Furniture Features Quirky and Weird Pieces
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Typographic Seating
The Banco Bold Chair by Sanserif Creatius Makes an Eco Statement
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Seatbelt-Accented Cardboard Furniture
This White Cardboard Furniture Uses Seatbelts in its Design
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Simplified Industrial Seating
Composite Stool Has a Minimalist Assembly with Marvelous Personality
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Paper-Masquerading Tables
The No Cardboard Side Table Is a Great Deal Stronger Than it Appears
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Tuberous Wood Seating
The Tube Chair by Kibisi Resembles Paper Towel Rolls
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SUNRIU Design's Tai Side Table is Sustainability-Conscious
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The 'Pocket' Coffee Table by Deniz Aktay is Split Open
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Miray Özlem ER Debuts the Stunning Orfo Lounge Chair
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Joyf and Rostyslav Sorokovyi Design the Tube Collection
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Last Ditch Design's Capsule Balances Aesthetics and Functionality
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The Conicent Chair Has a Minimal Design for Indoor and Outdoor
Ultra-Minimalist Folding Chairs
The 'Notch' Folding Chair by Kostas Synodis is Easy to Store
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The 'Roll Furniture' Makes Use of Discarded Materials
Biblical-Inspired Sculptural Furniture
Niamh Barry Presents a Range of Dynamic Lighting
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Zilio A&C Collaborates with Designer Alessandro Stabile
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The Kiddie Couch Encourages a Sense of Play
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The 'OPO=O' Multifunctional Furniture Piece Works in Many Ways
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The FIGURE Sofa and Lounge Chair are Inspired by Josef Hoffmann
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Koichi Futatsumata Designs the Sand Chair of Minimal Forms
Naturalistic Grass-Inspired Chairs
The Flip Chair by Kuan-Cheng Chen Mimics Movement
Dynamic Structural Chair Designs
Jumbo Presents the Snow Fence and Foldont Chair Designs
Featherlight Camping Tables
The TravelBird 'Flexifold' Aluminum Camping Table Weighs 550-Grams
Multifunctional Sleek Oak Furniture
The Team at Kosmos Architects Design the Dice Furniture
Leftover Wood-Constructed Furniture
Alexander Lervik Creates Furniture From Leftover Materials
Eco-Friendly Scandinavian Furniture
These VERK Furniture Designs Prioritize Swedish Sustainability
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Takt Launches the Spoke Sofa During 3 Days of Design
Shimmering Cantilevered Seating Solutions
The 2023 Shadow Chair from Duffy London is Dazzling
Leather-Accented Industrial Seating
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The Selek Stuttgart Chair 2.0 is Made with Identical Pieces
Human Form-Inspired Furniture Series
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The Arqus Desk Prioritizes an Airy Feel
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Miray Özlem ER's Cocoon Chair is Inspired by Metamorphosis
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