![Threading, Tension, Movement Threading, Tension, Movement](https://media.designerpages.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/side-view.png)
Threading, Tension, Movement
Karl Ekdahl’s “Materials in Tension” emerges from two premises.
![Wooden threading detail](https://media.designerpages.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/detail-rear.png)
1. Threading, as in the textured part of a bolt, implies movement.
![Materials in Tension threads](https://media.designerpages.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/threads.png)
2. Textiles can be used to create form, rather than simply being subservient to an underlying structure.
![Detail of wood back and textile](https://media.designerpages.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/back-partial-view-817x1024.png)
The result is the Tension in Movement chair, whose defining quality is its gentle fold of fabric.
![Materials in Tension chair front view](https://media.designerpages.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/screenshot-2024-05-10-at-12-09-31-karl-ekdahl-@karlekdahl-•-instagram-photos-and-videos-750x1024.png)
As Ekdahl says, the threading detail provides another layer of meaning: “There is an expectation that something will happen, the object is never static, which creates a kind of suspense that captures my interest and makes me wonder: “What happens if I rotate this?”
![Materials in Tension thread detail](https://media.designerpages.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/detail-with-threading-855x1024.png)
Will the chair get taller? Narrower? Tighter? Will the change in tension move the fabric and thus alter the entire nature of the form?
![Chair main view](https://media.designerpages.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/side-view.png)
Visit Karl Ekdahl to find out.
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