Keep it Light: Contract Trend
At this year’s edition of NeoCon there was a focus on the use of lightweight materials and construction, especially when it came to side chairs.
Winner of the Best of NeoCon Silver Award, Coalesse‘s <5_MY side chair by Michael Young is made entirely from carbon fiber. Stronger than steel but light as a feather, the 2kg/5lb chair can be lifted up with one finger.
Designed by Angelo Pinaffo for Pledge, La Kendo is a stackable four legged nesting chair available in a variety of options. Perfect for a training room, conference, or meeting area that has to be adaptable and multi-functional at short notice, customers can specify specific functions and features such as a fold down writing pad, a breathable mesh back rest, a polypropylene, padded or upholstered seat, a variety of different colors, arms, a tip-up seat and wheels.
Spanish brand Andreu World has collaborated with British designer Jasper Morrison to produce a lightweight wooden chair called ‘ON’. Available with two different base options and with or without armrests, the collection is made primarily of solid beech wood, with plywood backrests. The design makes use of a special joint technique which makes the junctures stronger while providing a lighter profile. It also features a specially-developed spiraled peg which prevents the attached sections from pulling away from each other overtime, while also reducing the number of spigots needed from the normal three to two.
Featuring a high performance glass fibre-reinforced polyamide shell, Dondoli and Pocci’s Gamera chair for Calligaris is stackable, and suitable for indoor and outdoor use and is available in 7 colours. The construction technique, curvy lines and materials used make it unique in terms of form, lightness and toughness.
The solid wood Nessel chair by Belgian architect Vincent Van Duysen for Geiger International is deceptively lightweight yet robust in materials and construction. It was created to work in a multitude of spaces: offices, conference rooms, lounges, dining areas, as well as any type of residential setting.
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