Beetle Meeting Chair

Overview

The Beetle Meeting Chair, Fully Upholstered puts GamFratesi's Beetle shell on a four-star base. GUBI files it under Seating, Meeting Chairs, in the Beetle collection, and its table gives the design year as 2013 and the type as Meeting Chair. The page lists three variants: Un-Upholstered, Fully Upholstered and 3D Veneer & Front Upholstered.

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Construction

According to the page, a pneumatic height-adjustment cylinder was added to the base of the 4-star meeting chair, which is offered with or without castors. Three bases are listed: 4-star base, Height adjustable 4-star base and Height adjustable 4-star base with castors, all with a Matt Black base finish. On the default item 10146326 the standard glides sit under a black metal leg, and the fully upholstered shell is covered in Tempt by Gabriel, a fabric rated at 90.000 Martindale.

Specifications

• Default item 10146326 (height adjustable base, no castors): W 49 x D 58 x H 79 cm, 10.5 kg
• With castors: H 81 cm, 10.9 kg (table)
• Other sets in the tables: H 87 cm, 10 kg (W 49) or 10.4 kg (W 50)
• Back height and use: back height 43 cm (table); indoor

A swivel Beetle for the workplace

GUBI's page says the Beetle chair was an instant classic when it launched in 2013 and that the configurations added since suit almost any space and type of usage. Here GamFratesi's shell is paired with a base that swivels.

Height adjustment

The page presents the pneumatic height-adjustment cylinder as now added to the 4-star meeting chair's base, with or without castors. It describes the result as more flexible and able to adapt to diverse needs in the modern workplace.