A cellular shade (10, 40, 110, 210) comprising: a plurality of sequential and interconnected closed cell structures (12, 112, 212) extending in a longitudinal direction, each cell structure being made from separate pieces of forming material and having a collapsed position when the shade is contracted and having an open position when the shade is extended, each cell structure including a front face (22, 42, 52) and a separate back face (26, 46, 56, 126), Whereby the front face and the back face of each cell structure are formed of individual pieces of material, are attached to each other and to an adjacent cell at the top and bottom of the cell, and are being attached to one another to form a top tab and a bottom tab, the back face including a first segment separated from a second segment by a fold line (24, 47), the front face being attached to the back face at the top tab and the bottom tab, the front face being longer than the back face as measured in said longitudinal direction from the top tab to the bottom tab such that each cell structure has a D-shaped configuration in an open position, the back face being nested within the front face in the collapsed position of each cell structure, a first cell structure and a second adjacent cell structure being attached to one another at a juncture that includes the top tab of the first cell structure attached to the bottom tab of the second cell structure with the front face of the first cell structure and the front face of the second cell structure being noncontinuous materials attached to one another at the juncture; and a lift system (32, 130, 214) configured for vertically drawing said cell structures from an expanded configuration into a contracted configuration. a plurality of sequential and interconnected closed cell structures (12, 112, 212) extending in a longitudinal direction, each cell structure being made from separate pieces of forming material and having a collapsed position when the shade is contracted and having an open position when the shade is extended, each cell structure including a front face (22, 42, 52) and a separate back face (26, 46, 56, 126), Whereby the front face and the back face of each cell structure are formed of individual pieces of material, are attached to each other and to an adjacent cell at the top and bottom of the cell, and are being attached to one another to form a top tab and a bottom tab, the back face including a first segment separated from a second segment by a fold line (24, 47), the front face being attached to the back face at the top tab and the bottom tab, the front face being longer than the back face as measured in said longitudinal direction from the top tab to the bottom tab such that each cell structure has a D-shaped configuration in an open position, the back face being nested within the front face in the collapsed position of each cell structure, a first cell structure and a second adjacent cell structure being attached to one another at a juncture that includes the top tab of the first cell structure attached to the bottom tab of the second cell structure with the front face of the first cell structure and the front face of the second cell structure being noncontinuous materials attached to one another at the juncture; and a lift system (32, 130, 214) configured for vertically drawing said cell structures from an expanded configuration into a contracted configuration.