Recycled plastic REX chair by Ineke Hans can be sold back to manufacturer after use - architecture and design

Recycled plastic REX chair by Ineke Hans can be sold back to manufacturer after use



Dutch furniture brand Circuform has launched REX, a recycled plastic "deposit chair" designed by Ineke Hans, with the promise that customers can return the product after extended use and receive a partial refund.
Hans unveiled REX during Dutch Design Week. The chair is designed to have as little environmental impact as possible, through innovations at both the start and end of the product lifecycle.
REX is a rework of a chair originally launched in 2010
It is made using recycled plastic from fishing nets, toothbrushes, office chair components and other industrial waste.
The retail price includes a ?20 deposit, which Circuform will refund to the customer if they return the chair after use. Old chairs can then be either repaired and reused, or recycled to create new chairs. To make the concept easy to understand, Hans has staged a series of photographs detailing each stage in the process.
The chair is made from recycled PA6, a thermoplastic used for fishing nets
"It is a chair that will basically last a lifetime, but the reality is our society doesn't work like that," she told Dezeen.
"Sometimes people only need it for six months," she said, pointing to temporary offies and events as examples. "We need a world where we deal with second-hand too."
The chair is manufactured through a process of injection moulding
Hans first developed the design more a decade ago, launching it in 2010 as the Ahrend 380.
While the original version was a...
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