Cage-Like Suspended Seating

The Nautica Hanging Chair Pays Homage to Expormim Designs

Simple and delicate, the Nautica Hanging Chair is a beautiful piece of furniture. Made for the outdoors, it adds a nice pristine touch to foliage-surrounded back patios and front porches.

Designed by Valencia-based studio Mut Design, the Nautica Hanging Chair was inspired by one of the first pieces ever created by Spanish furniture manufacturer Expormim in the 1970s. It is appropriate, then, that it was made for this particular company. Like the original, it re-imagines and reinterprets the use of rattan. The wooden material has been sinuously bent up and down the length of the suspended seat to create a cage-like aesthetic that subtly plays with shadows.

Despite its look, the Nautica Hanging Chair is strong and durable.

Cage-like Seating
Designing outdoor furniture with suspended seating and rattan material in a cage-like aesthetic can disrupt the market for traditional outdoor furniture.
Reimagined Materials
Reimagining the use of traditional materials such as wood and rattan in new and unique ways can lead to innovative designs and disrupt the furniture industry.
Suspended Furniture
Creating suspended furniture with durable materials can provide customers with alternative seating options that save space and are visually appealing, which can disrupt the market for traditional seating solutions.

Who This Affects Most

Outdoor Furniture
Designing new furniture options for outdoor spaces that balance functionality with aesthetics in an innovative way presents an opportunity to disrupt the traditional outdoor furniture industry.
Furniture Manufacturing
Incorporating novel designs and unique materials in furniture manufacturing can disrupt the industry and create new markets for customers seeking alternative pieces.
Home Decor
Delicate and aesthetically pleasing furniture designs like the Nautica Hanging Chair can disrupt the more traditional and conservative home decor market and attract new customers seeking more visually appealing and modern pieces.
SCORE
4.3 out of 10
GENDER
30% Men70% Women
MARKETTop markets: North America, Europe, Asia
GENERATION
  • Gen Z
  • Gen Alpha
  • Millennial (primary audience)
  • Gen X (primary audience)
POPULARITY
Popularity 52%
Activity 68%
Freshness 8%

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