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Innovative furniture designer Karim Rashid has used ARPRO to create a fabulous range of chairs for Antwerp-based furniture brand FEEK. Each chair is made from a light-weight steel frame supporting two ARPRO pieces that snap together to form the seat and backrest. Customers can choose the colour of each side individually and the complete chair is recyclable.
“ARPRO has some great properties for contemporary furniture,” comments FEEK co-founder Frederick van Heereveld. “The Snap chair is only possible because ARPRO has enough resilience to allow the two halves to snap together without any additional fittings or inserts, and the vast range of colours helps us take full advantage of the chair’s unique two-piece design.”
The toughness and high strength of ARPRO allowed Rashid to design the Snap chair with a single curved tubular support, which is visible only from the back.The material is totally recyclable, never feels cold, is water resistant and the tooling costs are very low making it affordable for relatively low production volumes.
FEEK worked closely with ARPRO supplier JSP to choose the most suitable grade of material and to optimise and validate the design. “Our technical support allowed FEEK to deliver a really outstanding product” says JSP’s Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer - Europe, Paul Compton. “ARPRO has tremendous potential in all areas of design, including furniture, architecture and transport.”
FEEK, founded in 2003, has quickly established a reputation for flexible, functional and futuristic products. “ARPRO has given our designers an opportunity to go a step further, simplifying the construction, adding more colour and flexibility and giving them the freedom to unleash their imaginations,” concludes van Heereveld.
About JSP
JSP (jsp.com) is the world leader in the production and development of ARPRO® and its applications. An essential product for the automotive, packaging and consumer product industries, ARPRO is a source of strength, durability and weight reduction. Designers and engineers use ARPRO to stretch their imaginations to develop new and better solutions. A truly global provider, JSP’s application specialists help their customers increase competitive edge through the innovative use of ARPRO. The company is quoted on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Enquiries
Gary Carr – Marketing & Communications Manager
T: +44 (0) 1344 724670
E: gary.carr[.]jsp.com.
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