Kelp Chair Made From Nordic Sugar Kelp has Undulating Seaweed Form

Stockholm-based studio Interesting Times Gang has garnered a lot of attention for its award-winning, Kelp chair. The chair was celebrated for its configuration and use of discarded fishing nets and wood pulp. With a hot take on that brilliant design, the studio presents another Kelp chair made from Nordic Sugar Kelp, a new version made entirely from different recycled materials.

In this world, everything serves a purpose whether it is small or big, every tiny organism contributes to the ecosystem, fathomably and unfathomably. But in this vastness, many small creatures are often overshadowed by the bigger ones. Take seaweed for example. The Epiflora (plants that grow and live on the sea bed) not only help sustain the ocean but are a substantial part of the ecosystem as a whole, as they produce 50% of earth’s oxygen.

To that accord, Interesting Time Gang brings Kelp, a microalgae to the surface with its Kelp chair design and spreading awareness regarding their unethical use and degradation, and how badly we need to preserve and cultivate them for a healthy future.

The sculpturally defined Kelp chair is identified by its natural and innovative material, making it unique and equally sustainable. The biopolymers and Nordic Sugar are eco-friendly materials, grown by Nordic SeaFarm on the west coast of Sweden, which make the Kelp chair. These renewable biomaterials make sure that the chair is recyclable and turned into a new bio-product when it wears down.

Its profile – previously seen in the original Kelp – exhibits a swaying structure with an undulating texture inspired by biomimicry. It casually mirrors the seaweed floating in the ocean depths.

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Part of the studio’s “Epiflora & Infauna” collection set to exhibit at Salone Del Mobile 2024 in Milan, the design concept incorporates a cushion made with kelsum fiber produced by Keel Labs using biopolymer found in seaweed. Even the upholstery inside the cushion is made of Nordic Kelp.

The collection also includes the “Epiflora” Kelp chair made with Nordic Sugar Kelp, and “Infauna”, an ocean-inspired series including a table lamp made from oyster shells, a sofa table with a tabletop crafted from sheet-pressed fishing nets, and a table base also made from oyster shells. Integrating eco materials in a mindful design is proof of the studio’s unfazed commitment to bringing the world’s attention to the deteriorating state of microalgae.