Harbor Laidback

Overview

Harbor Laidback is a 2021 reclining armchair by Naoto Fukasawa that follows the Harbor armchairs. A hidden synchronised mechanism moves backrest and seat together, a lever between cushion and armrest releases it, and the chair has a height-adjustable headrest on a swivel base of aluminium with four spokes.

Construction

• Interior: tubular steel, steel profiles
• Padding: polyurethane foam shaped cold, polyester fibre cover
• Base and handle: die-cast aluminium; swivel support frame in galvanised steel
• Mechanism: galvanised steel laminate, with a plastic locking device
• Headrest (HLB_P): shaped polyurethane, polyester fibre and cotton cover, plus a counterweight of anodised aluminium and steel
• Cover: leather or fabric; the page mentions a saddle stitch

Specifications

• HLB80A: W 80 × D 92.5 × H 115.5 cm
• HA70P ottoman: W 70 × D 50 × H 42.5 cm

Following the Harbor armchairs

B&B Italia presents Harbor Laidback as a continuation of the tradition of the Harbor armchairs, with which it shares the inverted truncated cone shape and the flowing line.

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Hybrid identity

In the manufacturer's words the identity of the chair is hybrid, adaptable to work environments and to domestic spaces; the proportions and the height of the seat top are described as suiting a computer or tablet, a video call, a film or a book.