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Flexible Seating for New Work Environments

Mobile and easy-to-move to where it's needed: the FULD folding chair, designed by Stefan Diez for Herman Miller, adds a missing element to existing workspace typologies.

Flexible Seating for New Work Environments
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Comfort and flexibility are no longer opposites. In the traditional office, chairs on which you can sit comfortably for a long time, usually have castors. However, this is not the case with stacking chairs: it needs quite some effort to move them around. Stacking them on top of each other also requires manpower and storage space. The comfortable castor-based Fuld folding chair supports flexible application and can be easily pushed aside.

Das optionale 3D-Strick-Polster besteht zu 50 Prozent aus Post-Consumer-Recyclingmaterial.
Das optionale 3D-Strick-Polster besteht zu 50 Prozent aus Post-Consumer-Recyclingmaterial. © Diez Office
Auf Praktikabilität ausgelegt durch hochklappbare Sitze und wandschonende Beine mit Rollen.
Auf Praktikabilität ausgelegt durch hochklappbare Sitze und wandschonende Beine mit Rollen. © Diez Office

Agile Furniture for the Adaptable Office

Furniture that supports agile work in self-organized teams is becoming increasingly important. This is where Fuld can play a significant role. When developing a new product, designer Stefan Diez always starts with "a kind of detective work" in the environment where the new design will be used. Today's work spaces are constantly changing: the same space where a team was collaborating, may subsequently be used for focused work by an individual, or for presentations and training sessions, with or without seating. Hence, solutions that meet hybrid requirements are in high demand.

Nachhaltig durch und durch – von den Materialien über den Herstellungsprozess bis zur Recyclingfähigkeit.
Nachhaltig durch und durch – von den Materialien über den Herstellungsprozess bis zur Recyclingfähigkeit. © Diez Office

Foldable, Comfortable and Versatile

Fuld combines form and function in a new way. The castors and the flexible backrest originate from the traditional office. The backrest and armrests are made from a single frame, ensuring a pleasant bounce and superior seating comfort. When the chairs are pushed together like shopping trolleys, the positive-negative shapes will interlock perfectly. All of this makes the first folding chair by Herman Miller a versatile companion, more comfortable and flexible than many of its predecessors.

„Design erfordert ein wenig Detektivarbeit.“ (Stefan Diez)
„Design erfordert ein wenig Detektivarbeit.“ (Stefan Diez) © Diez Office

Focus on Sustainability

Fuld represents the perfect balance of comfort, durability and lightness and the chair is also an outstanding example of sustainable product development. Designs by Diez Office are always conceived with environmentally and socially responsible production in mind. This also applies to products manufactured by Herman Miller. According to Stefan Diez, the tradition-steeped US company epitomises the values associated with sustainability like almost no other design-oriented furniture brand. The requirements and briefings for designers have become increasingly stricter. No other company, Diez notes, places so much emphasis on construction and quality.

For example, Fuld's stable structure is designed to save material; the chair is easy to repair, while the different materials can be separated by type and completely recycled, which is also supported by the special colour palette. The optional 3D-knit seat upholstery is made of 50 % recycled material. An uncompromisingly sustainable product.

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Manufacturer: Herman Miller
Product: Fuld


Product category: Furniture


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