# Seriously Fishy Furniture Tristan Cochrane Crafts a Chair with Metal Sardines By Francis Tiangson | Published 2011-04-05 | Art & Design Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/tristan-cochrane References: [designboom](http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/8/view/13889/tristan-cochrane-fish-rocking-chair.html) & [tristancochrane](http://www.tristancochrane.com/) Tristan Cochrane's fish rocking chair is probably one of the most bizarre pieces of furniture you will ever come across. You're not hallucinating, this seat really does look like it's made out of a school of sardines. Tristan Cochrane has come up with a quirky way of taking the soft, squishy sardine and turning them into the building materials for his work. To create the fish rocking chair, Tristan Cochrane made multiple reusable molds from different sardines to create wax sardines that he then assembled into the form of a chair. Once the shape was completed, Tristan Cochrane replaced each wax sardine with an aluminum version, which were then molded together to produce the unique fishy piece of furniture. Photo Credits: [designboom](http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/8/view/13889/tristan-cochrane-fish-rocking-chair.html), [tristancochrane](http://www.tristancochrane.com/) ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 4.9/10 - Popularity: 68% | Activity: 70% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial - Top markets: North America, Europe, Asia ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Art & Design](https://www.trendhunter.com/artdesign) > [Home](https://www.trendhunter.com/home) ## Key Themes ### Key Themes Behind This Trend - **Sustainable Furniture:** Using unconventional, eco-friendly materials for furniture can provide an opportunity for a sustainable home decor industry. - **Upcycled Design:** Incorporating found or reused objects to create furniture pieces can lead to an upcycling trend and a new segment in the furniture market. - **Whimsical Home Decor:** Designs that add humor, playfulness, and quirky elements to furniture can disrupt traditional home decor and inspire a new market category. ### Where This Applies - **Furniture:** Innovation in materials and design, such as using unconventional materials and creating playful and unexpected designs, can lead to a new direction for the furniture industry. - **Eco-friendly Products:** Using unconventional yet eco-friendly material such as fish skin and upcycling unused objects can create a new demand in the eco-conscious consumer market. - **Art:** Incorporating artistic design into furniture can lead to a new market category for functional yet aesthetically pleasing pieces. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Sea Creature-Inspired Chairs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/seat-urchin.md) - [Fishing Container Furniture](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/common-neglect-material.md) - [3D-Printed Upcycled Net Chairs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/the-kelp-chair.md) - [Fabric-Wrapped Rocking Chairs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/zhe-rocking-chair.md) - [Seashell-Inspired Chair Designs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/traditional-and-digital-techniques.md) - [Soothing Boat-Like Lounge Chairs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/canoa-chair.md) - [Cast Fiberglass Dining Chairs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/samba-dining-chair.md) - [Motion Blur-Inspired Rocking Chairs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/fast-rocking-chair.md) - [Snack Chip-Inspired Chairs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/chipp-rocking-chair.md)