RIN™
RIN™ is a multifunctional chair created by the Japanese designer Hiromichi Konno. It is designed to be in perfect harmony with Japanese and Danish design traditions. The original idea for the RIN chair came from Konno’s fascination with nature and the curiosity surrounding the form of a bird’s nest. He was spurred on by the immediate paradox of how something so practical and functional could be so beautiful. He also compares the appearance to another of one nature’s wonders: a single standing flower and the confidence and beauty it exuberates.
HIROMICHI KONNO 1972Hiromichi Konno is a Japanese designer with an international outlook. He has studied in both Japan and Sweden and also lived in London for many years. His style is very unique and there is a special energy and something almost teasing about his designs. He now works for large companies and manufacturers around the world, and he is particularly in demand in Scandinavia. RIN™ is Hiromichi Konno’s first collaboration with Fritz Hansen. Hiromichi Konno has created the RIN chair for Fritz Hansen; an elegant and futuristic design. The idea is to create a new type of chair that is in harmony with Japanese and Danish design traditions. The chair is elegant with a very innovative and progressive design. It invites you to sit in it for hours taking the traditional chair design into a new direction. “I wanted to make a beautiful chair that can stimulate and awaken emotions in people. It must be able to appeal visually but also make us feel a form of elegance when we sit in it. Therefore, I have established something poetical, simple, strong, relaxed and innovative all at the same time. The goal from the beginning was to create the perfect chair,” says Hiromichi Konno.
DESIGN
ENVIRONMENT & TESTS
Hiromichi Konno, 2008
For environmental reasons all parts of the RIN chair can be dismantled. The plastic can be granulated and material from aluminium and steel parts can be recycled.
DESCRIPTION Series of swivel chairs designed by Hiromichi Konno, manufactured Fritz Hansen. Swivel chairs with a moulded seat shell in black, white, green, red, grey or light blue plastic (PP). The 4-legged star-shaped base is made of polished aluminium and the pedestal of polished steel. Glides are made of black injection moulded plastic (TPE). The base comes in two heights and in lacquer matching the shells. It is also available with mounted seat or full front upholstery in fabric or leather.
UPHOLSTERY RIN is padded with moulded polyurethane foam. The chair is available with upholstery in the Kvadrat fabrics Divina, Divina Melange, Steelcut and Fame. The leather includes Basic, Soft, Natural, White, Optical White and Elegance.
DIMENSIONS Seat height: 42.5 cm / 45 cm Total height: 77 cm Width: 57 cm Depth: 55 cm
The chairs is tested according to EN 1728, test level 2 and EN 1022, stability.
WARRANTY Standard goods have warranty for five years against manufacturing defects (i.e. materials and design). The warranty does not cover leather and other fabrics ordered as customers own or special material. Normal wear and tear and damage of covers are not covered by the warranty. Fritz Hansen offer up to 10 years limited warranty if the products are registered online at fritzhansen.com/my-republic. The warranty for wicker, rugs and lamps is 2 years.
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