Office Chair for Life
Lead Participant:
ORANGEBOX
Abstract
The UK's first "office chair for life" – whose design is truly optimised to facilitate a circular economy approach. Our ultimate aim is to ensure that the materials invested in our products can maintain their value for longer and over multiple cycles of use; to significantly reduce the resource intensity per product.
The project will focus on three core areas:
1) The design and construction of the product and how this can be optimised through Eco design strategies, specifically design for durability; to allow us to significantly extend the possible life of the product by a factor of three.
2) The materials used within the product; how these choices affect the overall environmental impact of the product and how they can be optimised to reduce the overal impact per chair by 25%
3) Commercial research looking at the business impacts of longer product life spans & opportunities for a new sales & distribution channel to develop and exploit a market for 're-use' product.
The project will focus on three core areas:
1) The design and construction of the product and how this can be optimised through Eco design strategies, specifically design for durability; to allow us to significantly extend the possible life of the product by a factor of three.
2) The materials used within the product; how these choices affect the overall environmental impact of the product and how they can be optimised to reduce the overal impact per chair by 25%
3) Commercial research looking at the business impacts of longer product life spans & opportunities for a new sales & distribution channel to develop and exploit a market for 're-use' product.
Lead Participant | Project Cost | Grant Offer |
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ORANGEBOX | £740,983 | £ 180,000 |
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Participant |
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ECODESIGN CENTRE (EDC) | £31,947 | £ 31,759 |
ORANGE BOX CONTROL LIMITED | ||
INNOVATE UK | ||
CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY |
People |
ORCID iD |