Details Sia

The goal we set ourselves when designing Sia was to create the most sustainable task chair on the market – and we’ve come extremely close to realising that goal. Building on what we learned creating Apply task seating, Sia represents a big step forward in terms of sustainability, aesthetics and comfort.

The first step was to look at how we could reduce the total materials used in the chair, overall. Even today, many task chairs come in solid, robust designs – they look linear and functional. We decided to follow a different path, and by aiming for slimmer, elegant, organic lines, we incrementally shaved down Sia’s material requirements.

While the industry average for a task chair is quoted at 72kg* of CO2 , Sia’s total carbon footprint is 56.38kg of CO2 – a reduction of 22%.

Sia is designed with circularity in mind. For example, no adhesives are used in its construction. All its parts unscrew or unclip, making the chair easier to maintain than a standard task chair. If a part becomes worn or broken, it can be replaced with a new one.

Sia certainly doesn’t subscribe to the fast furniture trend – we expect it to have a long and productive lifecycle in the workplace. And when its time comes, the same principle of reuse comes into play. The chair is easy to disassemble and separate so its components can be reused or recycled.

With every decision regarding materials, we pushed for recycled and recyclable options. It’s always tricky when you’re working with plastic. It’s superb for durability and longevity but is difficult to recycle at the end of a product’s lifespan.

Recycled plastic doesn’t always offer the strength, colour options or surface finishes possible with virgin plastic. However, by exploring all the latest possibilities we were able to work with suppliers who were willing to push the boundaries.

And yet all this focus on sustainability has done nothing to dampen our desire to create a truly beautiful task chair. In fact, we believe Sia goes a long way to reinventing the genre.

By exploring ways of slimming down its structural frame, we discovered a way to make Sia a whole lot