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Inspired by the Gym
Look familiar? The Gym chair was inspired by the traditional
plywood chairs found in school gyms across Canada. Jones updated
the chair by using new materials - at first translucent
polypropylene in bright colours (some with sparkles!) and
later, with Lignasil.
Just like the old gym chairs, the new ones can be stacked.
From beer coaster to your bum
Jones designed the chair for Keilhauer, a successful Canadian
seating company that specializes in
contract furniture. Keilhauer's Research and Development
department was inpsired by a beer coaster they found in their
office marked "Lignasil." They convinced the manufacturer
to
develop a 3-D application for the material which is typically
used in floor tiles. The substance is environmentally friendly.
Agricultural and wood waste is ground into a fine powder which
is then compression
moulded. |
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GYM
CHAIR
Designed By: Andrew Jones
When: 1999-2000
Manufactured by: Keilhauer, Toronto
Made of: tubular steel legs and frame, translucent
polypropylene or
Lignasil wood composite seat and back
Dimensions 52 cm wide x 53.5 cm deep x 79 cm high |
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