Arper presents its first lounge chair in solid wood
Lightweight in form and environmental footprint, Kata is designed with circular sustainability at its core.
Arper’s first solid wood lounge chair, Kata takes inspiration from artisan-made wood and woven straw chairs and reimagines the near universal typology using contemporary, sustainable solutions in an expression that’s both graphic and warm.
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Kata finds form in juxtaposition—an evocative gesture in the movement between material presence and minimal silhouette, softness and strength, tradition and technology.
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The Kata lounge chair is a union of traditional craftsmanship and soft technology. An oak and black locust FSC certified wooden frame supports a tailor-made 3D knit textile. The knit cover is created from recycled polyester made from post-consumer plastic that is converted into durable and lightweight fibers.
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Kata: Designing for Sustainability
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Sustainability in Kata was not an afterthought on process, but rather a core impetus for the design itself.
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The result is a marriage of traditional craftsmanship and modern processes with a reduced environmental footprint.