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WE WERE CAPTIVATED BY THE IDEA OF APPLYING THE ELASTICITY
AND COMFORT OF SILK TIGHTS TO FURNITURE.THEY SEEMED IDEAL FOR
MAKING
A CHAIR THAT ADAPTS FLEXIBLY TO THE SHAPE OF A BODY IN VARIOUS
POSITIONS,
RATHER THAN HAVING A RIGID FORM DETERMINED BY THE FUNCTION.
RONAN & ERWAN BOUROULLEC
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INSPIRED BY CL ASSIC MODERN LOUNGE CHAIRS, SLOW CHAIR GETS ITS
NA ME
FROM THE FEELING YOU GET AS YOUARE ABSORBED INTO ITS GENTLE EMBR
ACE.
IT FEATURES A SLING OF STRONG,HIGH-TECH, BODY-FORMING KNIT M
ATERIAL
STRETCHED OVER A LIGHT FR A ME.AN INL AID SEAT CUSHION, T WO
BACKREST PILLOWS AND A PADDED OT TO M AN ADD TO THE COMFORT AND
ERGONOMIC
QUALITIES.
THE SLOW CHAIR IS SO GENEROUSLYPROPORTIONED, IT ALLOWS FOR
DIVERSE SEATING POSITIONS, EVEN CROSSLEGGED. BUT AS THE SLING M
ATERIAL IS
SO SHEER, IT IS REM ARK ABLYTR ANSPARENT, LENDING IT A
SUBTLE,
REFINED PRESENCE.
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THE SLOW CHAIR IS AS LIGHTAS IT IS TR ANSPARENT. THE SPARE
ALUMINIUM
FR A ME AND MINIM AL M ATERIAL M AKE IT SEEM ALMOST WEIGHTLESS
SO IT IS
EASY TO MOVE ABOUT INSIDE THE HOUSE,AND OUT: PERFECT FOR BOTH
THE
INDECISIVE AND THE ITINER ATE HOMEDECOR ATOR.
THE FR A ME OF SLOW CHAIR AND OT TOM AN IS AVAIL ABLE IN EITHER
A POLISHED ALUMINIUM OR POWDER-
COATED AUBERGINE VERSION. THE KNIT TED SLING IS OFFERED IN FOUR
COLOUR
COMBINATIONS: BROWN, BROWN/CREA M,RED/CREA M AND BL ACK.
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Slow Chair & OttomanDesign: Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec,
2006
Tricot Slow Chair Seat cushion Backrest cushions long Backrest
cushions short
red/cream Coda: cream *Laser: green Tonus: mossgreen
brown/cream *Panamone: dark brown *Laser: green *Panamone:
mossgrey
brown Vidar: aubergine Tonus: mossgreen Intreccio:
anthracite
black *Laser: black Tonus: mossgreen Intreccio: anthracite
Materialmetal framepolished or powder-coated aluminium legs
cover: Tricot Slow Chairseat and backrest cushion: polyurethane
foam and polyester wool
Photos: Paul Tahon with Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec; Morgane Le
GallDesign: 2x4, New York Vitra 2011, www.vitra.com
* This fabric is not avail-able in the UK. For information on
which fabrics are available in the UK, please contact your
retailer.
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