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Humanscale

Humanscale at the Stockholm Furniture Fair

Designed by Niels Diffrient, the Freedom chair is described by The New York Times as ‘gold standard in office seating’ and was the first task chair launch from Humanscale. Now Freedom joins the Humanscale ocean collection by further utilising recycled materials, which includes reclaimed fishing nets, used plastic bottles, and post-industrial material.

Humanscale was the first manufacturer to launch a task chair made with ocean plastic when it introduced the Smart Ocean chair in 2018. Following that success, Humanscale introduced the Liberty Ocean chair and most recently Path was launched. These products use recycled fishing nets, widely regarded as the most harmful type of plastic in the ocean. In this way, Humanscale directly supports clean oceans by using abandoned, lost and discarded fishing nets that damage delicate ecosystems and marine life that inhabit them.

Following on from Kvadrat’s global partnership which began in 2023, the Freedom Ocean chairs previewed at Stockholm will be upholstered using Kvadrat Sport, designed by Patricia Urquiola. Sport exemplifies Kvadrat’s commitment to conscious design principles, it is the world’s first recycled upholstery polyester textile made of 100% ocean-bound plastic waste. Sport offers a highly sustainable profile compared to other ocean-bound polyester textiles. These often incorporate plastic recovered much further from the sea – up to 50km away – and typically integrate virgin polyester or non-ocean-bound recycled post post-consumer polyester.

Humanscale will also use the fair to tell the story of its performance centric designs through the zones on the stand. Visitors to the stand will discover how Humanscale’s award winning designs have intuitive features and fewer manual controls, making them easier to use with a beautiful design aesthetic.

This will include, an active zone, which features the float mini table which is a compact solution for sit/stand working, encouraging natural movement with a work surface that glides to a range of heights. Also within this zone is Active Pony, the stools base allows for healthy motion and targets a wide variety of core muscles, which helps minimise fatigue and build strength.