Emeco has teamed with London designers Barber & Osgerby for the first time to produce a stacking chair made from a specially developed recycled plastic.
Launching at the Salone del Mobile in Milan next month, the collection comprises a chair and two stools made from recycled PET bottles.
Emeco's On and On chairs are made from a material that combines fibreglass with recycled PET bottles
The lightweight design, named On and On in reference to its ability to be continually recycled, is built around a circular seat that can be stacked rotationally to form spiral towers, and shows the brand making a commitment to the circular economy.
The collection is made using a recycled PET material called rPET that the brand first began working with in 2006 for a collaboration with Coca-Cola. The material was made out of fibreglass mixed with discarded PET drinks bottles and resulted in a chair, which was launched in 2010.
The collection includes a chair and two styles of stool
Since then, the material has been refined so it is stronger and contains a higher percentage of recycled bottles. Today it is totally circular, meaning that it can be endlessly recycled so that new chairs can be made from old chairs.
Emeco CEO Greg Buchbinder asked Barber & Osgerby to design a new chair, specifically with recycling in mind, that has the aesthetic of a classic cafe chair, with a round seat that allows for rotational stacking.
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