Futurotextiles Award'12 CETI Advanced technology in Textile innovation Prize Winner

LOOP is a seat that reinvents the notion of urban furniture with a light and surprising presence. It is a long strip of textile that passes through a support ring creating five loops that act as seating. It helps to strengthen social and physical connections in public areas. This urban seating structure adapts to the existing infrastructure of the city. The introduction of a textile object in the urban space is rather special. It is this unusual aspect which gives the space a flexible character, usually associated with interior spaces. Currently textiles are rarely used in public spaces: the materials generally employed are hard and cold, typically associated with the durability and resistance required. Thanks to the possibilities which new textile technologies offer, options which have never been used before can now be explored . The project LOOP stems from this idea: offering a genuine seating experience with an appearance that attracts the attention of passers-by.

Prototype by:Lambin Ravau
Fablab Amsterdam