Membrane by Benjamin Hubert
for Classicon
Product news: this armchair by London designer Benjamin Hubert weighs just three kilograms.
Called Membrane, the chair by Benjamin Hubert for German brand Classicon comprises a steel and aluminium frame covered in 3D-woven mesh fabric.
“The chair stems from research into the construction of tents and sports products with a focus on space frames and stretched textile,” says Hubert.
The CNC-shaped framework is wrapped in a 3D-woven stretchy textile cover with integrated seat pads, fastened with zips.
“The combination of metal frame and padded textile allows Membrane to use a minimal amount of polyurethane foam – a conventional armchair would be covered almost entirely with foam – therefore reducing the carbon footprint of this type of product,” Hubert adds.
The design was presented at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in April.
In London last year Hubert launched a collection of lamps made from underwear fabric stretched over wire frames that was also based on tensile structures.
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