jin kuramoto jin offecct chair flax fiber designboom

 

japanese designer jin kuramoto has created a bio-based chair for swedish manufacturer OFFECCT, presented during stockholm furniture fairwinner of the editors’ choice for best product during the city’s annual design week, the seating object is the result of a long research and development project that has concluded in a feather light, super strong and 100% biological piece.

jin kuramoto jin offecct chair flax fiber designboom
the ‘jin chair’ is feather light, super strong and 100% biological

 

the process leading to this innovation began with a yearning to push the industry forward through the research of unconventional materials mixed with the use of hands. conversation between OFFECCT and kuramoto were held over several years before being unveiled first as a prototype during salone del mobile 2017.

 

‘many ideas are born when I make prototypes and I believe that you can only find new values in design by doing so and using your hands,’ comments jin kuramoto. ‘while working on a paper mode of a chair, I found myself arriving at a new structure which became the starting point.’

jin kuramoto jin offecct chair flax fiber designboom
in order to realize it, flax fiber was used

 

 

in order to realize the ‘jin’ chair for OFFECCT, jin kuramoto used flax fiber — a biological material, that, if successfully industrialized, can make furniture both extremely light weight and high performance features. the body of the chair is defined by shaping thin layers of this material on top of each other, forming a strong shell around a core of air, making the surface the actual structure of the chair.

jin kuramoto jin offecct chair flax fiber designboom
flax fiber allows for extremely light weight and high performance

 

 

‘this chair is what OFFECCT lab and our life-circle philosophy is all about: engineers and designers working closely together to explore new and sustainable horizons of the furniture industry,’ says anders england design manager at OFFECCT.

jin kuramoto jin offecct chair flax fiber designboom
the structure of the chair is achieved by shaping thin layers of flax fiber

jin kuramoto jin offecct chair flax fiber designboom
manufactured by swedish company OFFECCT, the chair wants to push furniture boundaries

jin kuramoto jin offecct chair flax fiber designboom
a strong shell around a core of air shapes the structure

jin kuramoto jin offecct chair flax fiber designboom
different finishes can be applied

jin kuramoto jin offecct chair flax fiber designboom
the ‘jin’ chair by jin kuramoto for OFFECCT was presented during salone del mobile 2017

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