Normann Copenhagen launches chairs made from hemp and eelgrass

In the UK, dezeen reported that Design duo Foersom & Hiort-Lorenzen has worked with furniture brand Norman Copenhagen on a collection of plant-based chairs.

The Mat collection features two chairs; one is made from hemp – a type of cannabis plant, and the other combines this material with eelgrass, a marine plant similar to seaweed.

These biomaterials were used instead of injection-moulded plastic to create a shell chair, which sits on powder-coated steel legs, according to the report.

The Mat chairs were developed in collaboration with hemp specialists from the Danish Technological Institute.

The shells were produced from hemp stems rather than leaves, which already have other applications in food and textile production.  For the eelgrass chair, the hemp fibers ware combined with dried eelgrass, collected after it washes up on the Danish coast, the report added.

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