The Jin chair is an award winning seat made biodegradable flax fibers and resin. Created by Japanese designer Jin Kuramoto, this stylish and ecological chair was recently named best in show at the Stockholm Furniture Fair. The idea of a flax fiber chair was commissioned by Swedish furniture company Offecct, as a way to create a lightweight, biodegradable and sturdy chair. The Jin chair is the latest piece of furniture to come out of Offecct Labs, and fits the company's ethos of developing and researching new materials for possible furniture trends.
The flax fiber used to make the Jin chair is traditionally used as a material in tea bags, banknotes and cigarette rolling papers. This presented a bit of a challenge to Kuramoto, but thanks to the designers ingenuity a truly amazing chair was built. Kuramoto's method for building this chair involved shaping thin flax fiber layers on top of one another and using resin to solidify the entire structure. Both the flax fiber and resin are completely biodegradable making the Jin chair a completely biological piece of furniture.
Biodegradable Fiber Chairs
The Jin Chair Uses Flax Fiber and Bio Resin to Create a Beautiful Chair
Trend Themes
1. Biodegradable Furniture - The trend of creating home furniture using biodegradable materials such as flax fibers and resin presents opportunities to develop more sustainable and eco-friendly products.
2. Innovative Material Research - The use of flax fibers traditionally used in tea bags, banknotes and cigarette rolling papers in designing furniture presents opportunities to research and develop new innovative materials for furniture design.
3. Lightweight Furniture - The trend of creating sturdy lightweight furniture through the use of biodegradable flax fibers and resin presents opportunities to create furniture that is both practical and environmentally friendly.
Industry Implications
1. Furniture Manufacturing - Furniture manufacturers have a unique opportunity to research and develop new eco-friendly materials such as flax fibers and resin, while creating a new market for sustainable furniture options.
2. Sustainability Consulting - Sustainability consulting firms have the opportunity to advise furniture manufacturers on ways to incorporate more sustainable and biodegradable materials into their product designs.
3. Eco-designers - Eco-designers have an opportunity to create more environmentally friendly and sustainable furniture designs, by incorporating new materials such as biodegradable flax fibers and resin.