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Residue chair is the chair made up of completely biodegradable organic components designed by the Swedish product designer Hanna Carlsson.
It is a project that uses Material Driven Design as a method for developing a material starting from waste product: wood shavings, coming from the wood furniture industries, and bone glue, an adhesive based on the remains of bones from the butchery industry. Each piece of the chair has been made with organic components, which makes the entire furniture 100% biodegradable and inscribable within a circular recycling system without the need to separate the different materials. In addition, the chair has been made with a double curved surface that gives an ergonomic shape:
The intention with the end product was not only to create a sustainable piece of furniture but also that the visual and sensory properties of the material would contribute to a unique look that gives the furniture an emotionally pleasing value for the user.
Residue Chair is comfortable and welcoming and represents a winning challenge to outline a future where recycling can be the starting point for not dispersing but reusing large quantities of natural waste.
Hanna Carlsson is doing a PhD in the Department of Geography, Planning and Environment of the Institute for Management Research in Nijmegen. You are an active member of ENIEC, a European network for intercultural care for the elderly.
