[carpenecopinum]

Considering that the water would add a significant amount of weight, a chair that works in reverse would be kind of interesting: Arrives as a flat, light piece and once you placed it in the room you need it, you sprinkle it with water to make it unfold.

Might even help against back-issues for office workers as they'll have to interrupt their work to re-moisten their seats every so often.

[rbanffy]

Depends on how much water. If it was designed to fold into a chair shape when exposed to normal room humidity, you'd remove it from the hermetically sealed bag and it'd spontaneously (over, I assume, many hours) fold itself into the intended shape.

[Sohcahtoa82]

"normal room humidity" is extremely variable.

[rbanffy]

There is certainly a range that can be considered "normal" however broad.

[macinjosh]

moist and seat are two words I never want in the same sentence.

[doubled112]

I've never had a leather chair in the summer before and there are times I regret the decision.

[Sohcahtoa82]

IMO, leather is a bug, not a feature. The ONLY advantage it has over cloth is that it's easier to clean.

Leather is less comfortable, and in a chair, comfort is the top priority, followed by durability, which leather also loses to as it starts to crack and wrinkle over time.