Italian furniture brand Kartell has released a "fully sustainable" version of its bestselling Componibili storage unit made from bioplastic.
The brand, which specialises in plastic furniture and homewares, teamed up with Italian bioplastic producer Bio-on to create the product.
The updated unit is manufactured from a new bioplastic made from agricultural waste and named CL after Kartell president Claudio Luti.
Kartell has released a bioplastic version of its iconic Componibili storage unit
"Research is our mission and we continue to experiment in order to combine innovation and design," said Luti.
"We have worked with Bio-on to be able to offer our public a high-quality bioplastic product, and we have chosen to do it on one of our historic products [which is] among the most recognised in the world," he continued. Originally made from ABS plastic in the 1960s, the updated bioplastic unit is made from agricultural waste
The Componibili storage unit, which is cylindrical in form with sliding panels, was first created by Italian designer and Kartell co-founder Anna Castelli Ferrieri in the 1960s.
Praised at the time for its innovative use of injection-moulded ABS plastic, the piece soon became an icon of modular furniture design, and helped Kartell introduce plastic into the domestic furniture market.
The new CL bioplastic material is formed as a result of the natural fermentation of farm waste by bacteria
The bioplastic used in the new version is ...