The most comfortable chair in the world? Probably not, but it can be taken apart to take up no space at all.

I have written before about the problem of entertaining people in a small apartment where you don’t have a lot of chairs. I haven’t come across this problem yet, since I haven’t yet hosted a large gathering at my new apartment, but I do wonder what I will do the first time I want to have more than two or three people over. Lots of cushions on the floor, perhaps?

It turns out there are other options. Besides the stackable chairs I wrote about earlier this fall, another company, Cuatro Cuatros, has designed a chair that’s completely collapsible into itself. The chair is made of several flat pieces of material that link together through tabs. Cable ties give it extra support. According to the website, when you are not using the chair, you can simply cut the cable ties and store the chair flat under a bed or table. Basically, when the chair is not in use, it takes up about the same amount of space as a flattened cardboard box.

Although the chair takes more time to set up than a simple folding chair, it seems like a better idea space-wise than keeping metal folding chairs around--those never store well. It also seems like a better idea in terms of saving space than the stackable chairs I wrote about earlier this fall: these chairs take up absolutely no room when they are not in use. But my only concern is how comfortable they are. I’m not sure a dinner party guest would want to spend an evening sitting in a chair that doesn’t provide any support. Perhaps if I had these chairs, I would have to invest in some cushions after all. But still, they are an interesting option for people with limited space.