Hi,

well, it should be possible to model this chair entirely in MoI,
but like i said my Mac is currently broken.

If i had to do this in MoI i would try to create a low poly quad
model in MoI and then jump between Max's subd script and MoI
to been able to tweak the shape into the desired form, or i would
use a subd modeler and then the v4 beta for the final NURBS
shape.

But i am pretty sure the NURBS pro's here might come up
with a complete NURBS solution, where you maybe only
have to create a "full" form and then trim out the openings
and fillet a bit.

Regards
Stefan