Refuting Recent Claims Made Against Origami Furniture
More unsubstantiated claims from a desperate upholstery industry.
By this point, you may be aware of some “facts” being spread across mainstream media about origami furniture. I can categorically deny any truth in these “facts”. I have discovered a few of these “facts” myself so far, all of which can be easily invalidated:
1. Origami furniture is one of the leading sources of paper cuts in the world.
FALSE. There are two other furniture fabrics that have contributed to more paper cuts over the last fifteen years than origami paper.
2. Origami furniture is not resistant to even minor moisture exposure.
FALSE. Much of my own home origami furniture has stood up to repeated licking.
3. Origami recliner armchairs do not recline.
FALSE. Good-quality origami recliners, such as the Parkland Scrollback, will offer up to ten degrees of backwards recumbency, provided the appropriate number of cuts and folds have been made to the backrest.
4. Origami furniture does not comply with The American Seating Association’s required rigidity standards.
FALSE. This entirely depends on supplier. Do not purchase origami furniture unless the vendor can confirm it has been folded at least twenty-four times.
5. Most origami furniture are actually misshapen lampshades.
FALSE. This was only a small number of Ottomans.
6. Not machine washable.
FALSE. Depends on your machine and if it uses water.
7. The mass production of origami furniture has led to a decline in traditional snakeskin furniture sales and jobs.
FALSE. The snakeskin furniture remains alive and well in the greater Albuquerque-Rio Rancho metro area.
8. Origami furniture now accounts for 92% of global paper usage, yet still only generates 15% of the revenues of the American greeting card industry.
FALSE. These figures do not account for significant charitable donations to organic pulping concerns.
9. Origami furniture production violates several child labor laws.
FALSE. Those children are paid a fair wage in dollar bills folded into t-shirts.
Thank you for your time. Don’t believe their lies.
