Picto chair

The Picto chair is a swivel chair created by Wilkhahn and designed by Burkhard Schmitz and Franz Biggel. It is created from recyclable and CFC free materials and received the environmental seal from the Dutch Milieukeur Foundation in 1995.[1]

The chair can be disassembled and upto 95% of it can be used for individual parts, or reuse, and materials recycling.[2] Design features of the chair which speed up the disassembly process are:[3]

  • Detachable cloth covers
  • Parts are mechanically joined without glue
  • Plastic parts weighing more than 15g are marked for identification

In terms of material selection, the chair is made from:

  • Polypropylene
  • High-pressure secondary Aluminum
  • PUR-foam produced without CFCs
  • Beech wood from renewable sources
  • Pigments that do not contain heavy metals

References
  1. Schwarz, Rudolf, 1997, More than Furniture: Wilkhahn an enterprise in its time” ISBN 3-89802-018-5
  2. "How to Get Rid of Office Furniture in 3 Sustainable Ways". www.chipmanrelo.com. Retrieved 2022-12-12.
  3. Rezet, H. and C. van Hemel (1997) 'Ecodesign: a promising approach to sustainable production and consumption' Rathenau Institute, TU Delft & UNEP, Paris
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