Sit on sustainability

  • 10 seating solutions made of sustainable materials. The proposed solutions are part of Report Sustainable Trend: Seating realized by Matrec. Inside of report are analyzed 50 seating that combine design, innovation and environmental sustainability.
    All the seating are presented with dedicated sheets with material and environmental characteristics.

  • Biobased material made from 100% renewable resources as beets, maize starch and sugar cane, is used to make the shell chair of the first biodegradable and recyclable chair. The seat is placed on a oak wooden frame of from forests managed in a sustainable way. Use the bio-plastic allows you to create a product with low carbon footprint as its production process reduces emissions of greenhouse gases.

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  • American white oak wood for the structure and balls made from recycled silk yarn with sponge inside, are the materials used to manufacture an ecological furniture family consist of chair, pouf and stool. To reduce the product carbon footprint the legs are designed to be disassembled during transport.

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  • Four layers of cork are glued together with water-based glue, and subsequently cut and folded in order to realize the seat of a chair. The result is a shell structure to support the body weight, but extremely lightweight.

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  • Recycled paper handmade. It could be smooth or rough and in different colors. The technique of production and the material used to allow this chair to be extremely lightweight.

  • Parts of the cardoon that are not used in the bio-fuel production process, are reduced to a pulp and used as a new 100% biodegradable material to produce a series of indoor furniture.

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  • Armchair realized with more than 3000 pieces of rubber cut into an interlocking shape. The rubber is obtained from the inner tubes of heavy vehicles, a non-recyclable waste. Cozy, comfortable, because it is elastic, and extremely pleasant to touch.

  • Kubedesign

    Sheets of corrugated cardboard are shaped and assembled to realize a chair. Available in red, black, white, green, yellow or blue shockproof material.

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  • Chaise-longue made entirely of bamboo, chosen for its high resistance, and characterized by the use of biological products for glues and finishes.

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  • Recycled high-density polyethylene (HDPE) from milk jug containers used to create a collection of tables, chairs, sun beds, planters and other outdoor furniture.

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  • Particularly sophisticated in design, chair and table made entirely of cardboard or in cardboard and FSC certified wood, with a wide variety of colours and essences, linked each other by interlocking or screwed or glued only for monomaterial.

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