Jaime Hayón's debut plastic product is a skeletal chair for Magis
Milan 2015: Spanish designer Jaime Hayón has collaborated with Italian design brand Magis to create his first plastic chair.
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Hayón worked with the material for the first time to create the Milà chair for Magis, which launched the design at the Salone del Mobile furniture fair earlier this month.
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The designer's back catalogue is filled with products made from natural materials, but he branched out into plastic to create the looping forms of the chair's frame.
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"It's a challenge for me, as someone who normally uses materials with thousands of years of heritage such as wood, metal, and ceramic, to create my first product in plastic," said Hayón.
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He worked with Magis' gas-assisted injection-moulding technology, which involves inserting nitrogen at a controlled high pressure into the closed mould to form a cavity within the plastic structure.
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This process uses the minimal amount of material to create a lightweight frame. The design comprises a curved backrest braced by thin supports and arms that join the legs below the connection with the seat.
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"We were able to make an expressive chair very rich in movement, based on the forms of Catalan Modernism: elastic and dynamic," Hayón said. "We created a truly elegant plastic chair, something to stand out on a saturated market."
The chair is available in a range of colours with optional upholstered cushions on the seat and back.
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Also at the Salone del Mobile, which concluded on 19 April, Hayón presented a range of wooden tables that are shaped to look like the curved structural elements of Le Corbusier buildings and a concrete cartoon monkey holding a tray.