Chairs made from seaweed and recycled tea lights are among those crowned winners of the first ever competition dedicated to sustainable Nordic chair design.
The contest, titled Nordic Design Competition: Sustainable Chairs, was launched to promote the production of climate-smart furniture in Scandinavia.
A maximum of ten works from each of the Nordic countries ? Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway and Iceland ? were shortlisted in the first part of the jury process. Of these ten, one winner was chosen from each country.
Finland's Samuli Naamanka made the Clash 331 chair using a mix of traditional and modern techniques
The Swedish jury selected David Ericsson's completely recyclable Petite chair as its country's winner. The judges applauded its lightweight deciduous timber design for being "extremely resource efficient" and having a "low CO2 footprint". Nikolaj Thrane Carlsen won the Danish category with his chair made from seaweed. Inspired by the seaweed roofs found on Læsø in Denmark, the shell of The Coastal Furniture chair is made of a 100 per cent biodegradable seaweed composite.
Sölvi Kristjánsson recycled aluminium taken from discarded tea lights to create the Kollhrif stool
Made of recyclable materials, of which 50 per cent are recycled post-consumer plastics, Peter Opsvik's HÃ…G Capisco chair won the Norwegian category. Although originally launched over thirty years ago, the classic office chair has been constantly updated and refined over th...