Chair Museum / The Future of Chairs and Plastics
The Okamura Museum was established in 2009. Visitors can learn about the technical and technological history of chair making and also the role of plastics in achieving more comfortable chairs based on ergonomics. (For more information, see the January 2013 issue of the PR magazine pla-topia.) http://www.okamura.co.jp/guide/museum/
The Future of Chairs and Plastics
Mesh covering leverages the flexibility and deformability of plastics to create new design potential. The Sabrina possesses a ring frame structure framework only possible through the flow of resin, an organic form that combines design features and functionality, and a reinvented sitting comfort.
By absorbing the impact when leaning against the back, unprecedented soft sitting comfort is realized and the structure is unattainable without plastics. Moving forward, switching to plastic in "chairs" is expected to broaden the potential for chairs in all types of fields.
