Italian brand Arper has presented a selection of contemporary lounge chairs for the home and office on Dezeen Showroom, including a semi-spherical bowl chair and minimalist armchairs designed for the circular economy.
Launched earlier this year, Barcelona design studio Altherr Désile Park created Arper's first solid wood lounge chair called Kata, which is informed by artisanal woven straw chairs.
The chair adopts circular economic principles in that the production, distribution and various components of the chair are designed to minimise environmental impact and increase the product's lifespan.
The Kata chair is sustainably designed with a FSC-certified wood frame and upholstery made from post-consumer plastic waste
Oak and black locust FSC-certified wood is used for the frame, which is topped with a water-based varnish. The frame is upholstered in a 3D-knitted cover that forms both the seat and backrest in a unified piece. The knitted cover is made from polyester that has been sourced from post-consumer plastic waste ? the equivalent of one kilogram of PET bottles ? which is then recycled and woven into yarn.
At the end of its lifespan, the chair can be entirely disassembled and recycled.
Each component of the Mixu chair can be easily disassembled, repaired or replaced
Similarly, Arper's Mixu chair, designed by global architecture firm Gensler, also takes a sustainable approach and was created to "offer interior designers a degree of authorship and a sense of the hu...