"Here's something to blow your mind: decades before IKEA convinced us all that assembling furniture with an Allen wrench was somehow fun, a visionary designer named Luigi Colani was already flatpacking children's furniture in the 1970s. And get this, it wasn't just about convenience. His Tobifant desk and chair set was actually genius problem-solving at its finest. If you know anything about Luigi Colani, you know he was the king of curves and organic shapes."
"The Tobifant set came flatpacked (yes, in the '70s!), but that was just the beginning of its brilliance. Made from beech plywood, both the desk and chair featured height-adjustable frames, so you could raise the seat, backrest, and writing surface as your child sprouted upward. Instead of buying new furniture every couple of years, parents could invest once and adjust as needed. It was sustainable before sustainability became a design buzzword."
Luigi Colani designed the Tobifant desk-and-chair set for Kinderlübke in the 1970s as flatpacked children's furniture. Made from beech plywood, the desk and chair featured height-adjustable frames that allowed the seat, backrest, and writing surface to be raised as a child grew. The design enabled one purchase to serve children from toddlerhood through early teens, reducing waste and cost. Each desk was specified to include one kilogram of modeling clay and three wooden tools to encourage hands-on creativity. The collection blended Colani's organic, curvilinear bio-design language with practical, sustainable problem-solving.
Read at Yanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
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