One of the biggest sins of the furniture industry is the massive use of PU foam - a petrochemical product that requires isocyanates as a propellant during manufacturing. PU foam off-gases, loses properties over time, is flammable, has a limited lifespan, cannot be recycled without losing properties (can only be downcycled) and at best ends up in incineration and at worst in nature...

The SHRINX LOUNGE CHAIR project seeks to challenge the usual way of creating soft seating by completely omitting PU-foam and questioning the minimum of materials it takes to make a comfortable lounge chair.

Using patented inventive textiles with self-supporting properties the challenge was to translate a well-known lounge chair archetype into a completely new foamless version, still holding a sharp and precise upholstery; an outer shape that arches from its inner frame in perfect curves and offers both the level of comfort and the soft feeling expected from this typology.

Its semi-transparent fabric reveals a foamless construction and embodies a forward-thinking approach to sustainable furniture design.

Originally designed and developed as part of the annual Cabinetmakers’ Autumn Exhibition in 2024, the SHRINX LOUNGE CHAIR is now entering production in collaboration with Danish furniture company +Halle.