Designed with teenagers in mind—a group of people in a high state of flux that’s characterized by porosity—the pOrOus Chair by MisoSoupDesign is a versatile, sustainably designed piece of furniture made from recycled post-industrial content such as soft drink bottles. Designed by Japanese architects Daisuke Nagatomo and Minnie Jan, pOrOus Chair “encourages us to insert our interests and needs.”

pOrOus Chair. Designed by MisoSoupDesign.

Flexible, Re-Fabricated Polyester Chair

Constructed of re-fabricated polyester, pOrOus Chair is durable and flexible. Due to its porous nature, the chair takes less material to produce. By using Computer Numerical Control (CNC) Milling, pOrOus Chair can be drilled precisely. A negative model is used to pour in the recycled resin, and then the chair’s two pieces are welded together: “This single-mold method makes the fabrication process easy, and it is highly ecological and economical.”

pOrOus Chair is designed with teens in mind. Users can install hardware such as music players, speakers, or lamps by attaching a device that works as an electrical outlet. The idea is for the chair to be flexible (as pliable and changeable as the adolescent mind perhaps): “It is a place to study, a DJ’s booth, or simply a place to relax.” pOrOus Chair engages the user, intensifying the interaction between person and object through the use of technology.

Via Designboom.

About the Designer: MisoSoupDesign is a design studio working in the areas of architecture, interior, furniture, sustainable design, and corporate branding. Headed by Daisuke Nagatomo and Minnie Jan, MisoSoupDesign “constantly incorporates new ideas with minimal wasted material.” Nagatomo graduated from Meiji University in Tokyo and later received his master’s degree in architecture from Columbia University. Jan earned a BA in architecture at the University of Southern California and an MA in architecture from Columbia University. They both worked in New York City before starting MisoSoupDesign.