Massproductions: To Build a Chaise

Introducing 4PM, a made to order chaise lounge and 4PM self build for you who wants to do it on your own.

Like the forerunner Enzo Mari, Massproductions offers assembly instructions for 4MP for free. Long live democratic design!

From the publisher:
In connection to the launch of 4PM Self Build, an open source chaise longue with free blueprints and instructions,the publication To Build A Chaise written by the design writer Mairi Beautyman is released.

Here Massproductions explore what it means to build a chaise longue. With designers Michael Marriott and Pia Wallén and artists Chris Fallon and Hank Grüner, four different minds share their journey from raw material to a completed chaise longue.

Originally, 4PM Self Build was a fast model for analyzing comfort, where Massproductions’ product developers had to build multiple versions to create the right feeling.

”We realized that the self-built version of 4PM was cheap, simple and fun to build. You may not be able to afford 4PM, but with instructions you can make your own and get the luxury of the chaise longue, without the luxurious price tag. Maybe there is something exciting in being able to build the furniture yourself. That’s when I realized that Enzo Mari never included a chaise longue in his self-build project”, says Chris Martin.

Instructions and drawings for 4PM Self Build can be downloaded free of charge here. The material for the furniture can be purchased from approx. 50 EURO and up, depending on the material chosen.

Contribution: Pia Wallen, Erik Eje Almqvist, Hank Grüner, Chris Fallon, Michael Marriott