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The folding chair adopts tilting on chairs as the design principle, the user is actively involved in sitting on it. The two necessary legs of the chair are transformed into two thin panels with their bottom edges touching on the floor as a skid. They are wrapped with a band of fabric, that connects the top edges of the panels to a flexible seat, that automatically nestles to the back contour of the user. This design grants an active and most flexible sitting position, a reduction of its construction and required materials. Not being used it can be collapsed to a thickness of less than 20 mm.

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Gravity

Gravity (designed by Technical Emotions) is a swing-sofa for outdoor furnishing, garden and patio. Gravity is a scenographic furniture made in stainless steel champagne colour. This round sofa has lots of colourful pillows, which textures play graphically with harmonic nuance. It is a place where being swing hanging from its supporting structure, or hanging on a sturdy beam, or in support of earth, as cozy sofa, where you can relax, read a book or chat with friends. It is a complement of relaxation that at first sight raises the desire to enjoy the calm and pleasure it offers.

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Embrace Your Heart

With Embrace Your Heart, the chair, that people can sit and drink tea at the same time. The fragrance of the tea and wood would lead people to Zen. People would feel ease, leisure and relaxed. It is in traditional Chinese style and could be well explained in Buddhism cultural aspect. The chair itself is focusing on the spirits that could keep people's hearts calm. Sitting on the chair could drive people away from noise, hustle and bustle.The peace in your mind would let you embrace you heart and people's imagination would reach the great far beyond.

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CACTO

Iconic design with functional piece of decoration. Cacto was made to fullfill the space with irreverence and humor. Where there is drought there is also beauty, and it was from there that the studio was inspired to create the Cactus. After all, the studio's greatest inspiration, the master Luiz Gonzaga, was already saying, "Mandacaru when 'blazing' in the drought ...". A design accessory that intrigues, delivers robustness in its shape and traces in a playful way the dry scenery of the Northeast.

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Mini Hatter (RA-501R)

Mini Hatter (RA-501R) is a built-in lamp which can be used both as a downlight and as a spotlight. Its operation is intuitive: when pulled out of the recess, it can swing 90 degrees upside down and rotate 355 degrees as a spotlight; when stay parallel, it's a downlight. The lamp is available with various beam angles and suitable for a focused illumination in retail, museums and household spaces. The LED achieves a particularly good color rendering and supports a pleasant visual comfort.

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Recliner (single)

The Studio Stirling RECLINER hanging swing chair has elegantly curved lines & is sculptural and dynamic with a considered balance point. Fluid & organic, it lends itself for use as a functional art piece. It's gentle movement gives a floating experience with panoramic views of the surroundings. Nature inspired the pattern detailing reminiscent of the veins in leaves, tree branches intersecting & patterns in dragonfly wings. It is extremely comfortable & has a cozy cocoon like feel that embraces your body and soul.

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