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.

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.