ReUse. We were tipped off to designer, manufacturer and idealist Jonas Hauptman by a reader who has been enamoured of Hauptman's lounge chair because it is "very comfortable," supports "head and neck" and the fact that "it's made from reconstituted aspen tree leaves/flakes (basically waste) and adhesive."
Indeed. Jonas Hauptman is in a mission to make "green" modern seating, using a "reconstituted wood manufacturing process that is used to produce shipping pallets." It is a great idea, and apparently produces seating that surpasses both plywood and plastic in terms of strength and formability.
