Schale
Schale for work and life.
Multi-Purpose Chair // White
Today, the boundaries between living and working are becoming increasingly blurred. A typical scenario in less formal backdrops where it‘s all about having a casual chat, trust-building, creativity or inspiration. In this case, design solutions are called for that offer a more personal touch in the working environment and greater professional flair at home. Or in other words, furniture that has been developed for work and life from the very start.
Schale is a milestone — in both conceptual
shell to become a distinctive whole. Schale
and technical terms, as well as in the flexibility
is a multi-purpose chair that has won many
of its design which allows totally different
awards. Depending on the version chosen
interpretations. For the first time in furniture
it cuts an impressive dash in working and
history, a sheet steel chair frame has been
living environments: in studios, meeting
crafted with cutting-edge technologies
rooms, cafeterias or workshops, in showrooms
from auto engineering. An organic shape
or dining rooms, hotels or conference areas.
has been fashioned that fuses with the seat
Take a seat and travel to the world of Schale.
The designer’s idea was the beginning of
These visions led to new manufacturing
the story. His objective was to create a new
technologies taken from auto engineering.
masterpiece: like a stylish leather bicycle
With persuasiveness and tenacity the idea
saddle, the chair was to combine stability and
gradually began to take shape. The first
technical precision with a contoured shape.
prototypes were welded together from 11
Something for people to sit on that never loses
hand-made components. One of the toughest
its fascination. A chair that is lightweight and
challenges was also to achieve maximum
comfortable, ergonomic and easy to get hold of.
strength with a minimum of steel.
Multi-Purpose Chair // White
Automotive progress meets chair design.
In the production process, an industrial press
Stability is created by the formed structure
forms and stretches the pre-cut fine-steel metal
and not the amount of material used — avenge
at 300 tons of pressure to make the seat and
raw materials and weight. A robot then welds
backrest frame. Factors including the geometry,
the frame, connecting points and legs together
pressure in the press, speed and damping
before powder coating them. The exchangeable
are attuned so that no tears occur to the pre-
seat and backrest shell, made of finely grained
stamped components during the deep-drawing
polypropylene, is industrial design at its best.
process. Four laser-cut pieces of metal are
It is form-fitted to the frame using a patented,
incorporated to provide the connecting points.
concealed connecting method.
A variety of combinations.
The black, white and grey models with color-
Options range from casual to classic to modern.
matched, through dyed, easy-care polypropylene
There are 29 combinations to choose from —
shell are top-quality, unadulterated industrial
with three different cover fabrics in five different
design. But Schale has even more to offer. With
tones in each case. The exceptional interaction
textile-covered shells and additional frame
of frame and shell gives the chair many different
colors it becomes a personalized expression of
faces, which represent the distinctive character
lifestyles — and a versatile tool that integrates
of Schale. As a result, every permutation
with different interior design concepts.
presents an appealing, personalized aesthetic.
Multi-Purpose Chair // Black
Schale 1111 Park Ave. Baltimore, MD 21201 USA www.schale.com