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Circularity in Danish Modern Chair Design
Researcher
Aroop Ratan Guha
Research unit
Institute of Design, Product and Material
”Series 7”, CH24 and PK22. These three chairs are icons within modern Danish furniture design and continually function as benchmarks in design education.
This project analyses which circular design strategies the chairs reflect and whether the chairs work as examples of these design strategies and simultaneously symbolizes their cultural heritage.
Through observations, sketches, and historical research, the project suggests that the three chairs reflect some circular design strategies and that “design for disassembling and reassembling” is a critical part of the circular strategies and that the three Danish design icons are perpetually up-to-date.
This research proves that when EU laws like the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR), further push European circular production, the three chairs work as benchmarks in science communication and education, not just when considering the chairs cultural and design-relevant blueprints but also for the circular design strategy.
Analysis of 3 danish modern chairs
The CH24 chair
The PK22 chair
The Series 7 chair
Research Motivation
I have always been interested in the chairs that shape our day-to-day life. That’s why I became a furniture designer before I became a researcher.
This project is driven by my belief that we don’t need to start from scratch when we design and build circularly. I am sure that some of the answers are in the chairs around us and that if we can extract that knowledge the passage to the circular will be smoother.
This project is driven by my belief that we don’t need to start from scratch when we design and build circularly. I am sure that some of the answers are in the chairs around us and that if we can extract that knowledge the passage to the circular will be smoother.
Internal partners
Nicolai De Gier (Exhibition Design Advisor and Research Supervisor), Camilla Hedegaard Møller (Research Supervisor) Noa Ejdrup Andersen (Student Assistant)
