Harbor

Overview

Harbor is a 2017 armchair by Naoto Fukasawa. It comes in two versions: a relaxing chair with a high back and headrest and a low-back chair, both on a swivel base and both with a visible metal zip at the back of the backrest; a footrest belongs to the series.

Construction

• Structure: steel tube with steel profiles inside
• Padding: cold-shaped flexible polyurethane foam under polyester fibre
• Swivel base (HA80A, HA80B): steel laminate and aluminium
• Footrest base (HA61P): steel laminate
• Headrest (HA_P): shaped polyurethane, polyester fibre, cotton cover, counterweight in anodised aluminium and steel
• Cover: fabric or leather, removable through the rear zip

Specifications

• HA80A high armchair: W 80 × D 89 × H 104 cm
• HA80B low armchair: W 80 × D 83 × H 85 cm
• HA61P footrest: Ø 61 × H 40 cm

A sculpture in polyurethane

In the concept text of the product page Fukasawa recalls working on the Papilio family and realising that shaping a mass of polyurethane foam is B&B Italia's iconic strength; the idea for Harbor was to sculpt a form from it as if from blocks of Carrara marble.

The name

Fukasawa says the name comes from the feeling of having a place to come back to, and that he wanted the seat to wrap around the body.