Image source: Fredericia — Plan Chair
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Plan Chair
Barber Osgerby's 2022 Plan Chair: steel tube frame with a lacquered plywood veneer seat
420 × 770 × 520 mm
2022
Official product information
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Description
Overview
The Plan Chair (Model 3412, wooden seat) was designed by Edward Barber & Jay Osgerby in 2022. It is a chair with a steel tube frame and a plywood veneer seat and back. Size: 42 cm wide, 52 cm deep, 77 cm high, seat height 45 cm; weight 6.8 kg.
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Construction
The seat and back are plywood veneer finished with water-based lacquer. The frame is powder coated tubular steel mounted with plastic glides; felt glides are available. Fredericia says each component is prepared for end-of-use disassembly and possible future repair.
Specifications
- Wood: oak lacquer or black ash, both FSC Mix 70%
- Frame: black, Modernist Green, Bordeaux, Chalk or Signal blue
- Tests: ANSI/BIFMA X5.4-2020 and the X7.1 VOC test
Story
A chair for many uses
The page describes a surprisingly minimal footprint and generous comfort, and names hospitality and office applications as well as everyday living. It adds that the chair is sturdy and tested for extreme public use.
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Circular by design
Fredericia states that the chair has separate, interchangeable components that can be renewed, or sorted and recycled anywhere in the world after unexpected damage. It describes the result as a balance of industrial elements and soft humanistic curves, in its materiality, tactility and crafted details.
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Collection
Plan Collection
Fredericia's Plan Collection by Barber Osgerby, introduced in 2022: 28 chairs, barstools and tables with steel frames, shaped by the J39 and Mogensen.
