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HAL RE Armchair Tube Stackable

Jasper Morrison, 2010/2014

The seat shell of HAL RE Armchair Tube Stackable is made of recycled plastic. Despite the organic curves of its armrests, the chair's unobtrusive, four-legged tubular steel base can be stacked – without the optional seat cushion – and is therefore suited for use in auditoriums or restaurants, and other settings in which the number of chairs must be flexibly adaptable. HAL RE Armchair Tube Stackable can also be ordered with a stacking trolley, as well as as with row connectors and seat numbering elements.

Seat cushions for HAL Armchair

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Product family

HAL

HAL is Jasper Morrison's interpretation of a shell chair in the tradition of the Plastic Chair by Charles and Ray Eames, whose variety of different bases enables versatile use – from dining tables to meeting rooms, from bars to auditoriums. HAL RE is a further development of this design with a seat shell made of recycled plastic. The recycling material for HAL RE stems from Germany's 'Yellow Bag' (Gelber Sack) collection of household waste, which primarily consists of used packaging. Utilising this recycled material instead of conventional plastic generates fewer climate-damaging emissions and also significantly reduces energy consumption. Due to the composition of the recycled material, the different colours are interspersed with tiny specks of pigment. The colour white cannot be implemented in the new material at the moment and will follow as soon as technically feasible. The HAL RE seat shell can also be 100% recycled at the end of the product's life. The many different chair bases can be combined either with a seat shell in plastic (HAL and HAL RE) or plywood (HAL Ply), or with a lightly padded shell covered in fabric (HAL Soft). The related HAL Armchair rounds out the HAL family.

This product was designed by

Jasper Morrison

Jasper Morrison lives and works in London and Tokyo. His designs are expressions of the ‘super normal’ design philosophy: rather than seeking unusual or extravagant results, he often breathes new life into proven solutions by means of reinterpretation, further development and refinement. He has worked together with Vitra on a regular basis since 1989.