Walter Knoll’s program lacked a stackable chair that could be joined together in rows and numbered, with or without armrests, with low consumption of completely separable and recyclable materials – and naturally as inexpensive as possible to produce. A typical all-rounder, in other words, an assignment in which a designer already anticipates failure or a mediocre compromise.
Our design drew on the previously developed Evo principle: a plastic shell with flexible segments and a replaceable cover with a sewn-in 3D mesh. We wanted the structure of the chair to be as minimalist as possible, with two identical pairs of thin tubular steel legs connected by an endlessloop carrying the seat. The tubular steel legs connected by an armrests are just as elegant and form another loop.
Seen from the side, the chair has a very distinctive silhouette. We spent a long time working on the proportions, on the effect of the surface in relation to the line. At the very end, a double seam was added to the outside of the cover, a line that accentuates the precision of the surface.
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