Aluminum chairs for home and office
Characteristics of Aluminum Chairs
Whether for dining, lounging or working, chairs are an essential piece of indoor and outdoor furniture. Aluminum, as a lightweight and versatile material, has become highly popular for home and office chairs.
A number of the most iconic 20th-century design classics are aluminum chairs. Great designers like Ray and Charles Eames, for example, created several aluminum chairs for home and office that remain in production to this day. The high-end modern furniture specialist Vitra is perhaps the best-known manufacturer of these classics.
But aluminum chairs are not limited to the upper price categories. In fact, Ikea offers a wide range of very competitively priced models for different home and office settings. Again, these are characterized by a high-quality modern look and feel, but without the modern design icon price tag. Some aluminum chairs can be had for well under US$ 100.00.
Aluminum chairs can be manufactured by various methods, including assembly, extrusion and casting. The material has a light and modern look, and is also suitable for various high-quality finishes such as anodization or powder coating. Anodization is an electrical process that results in a hard protective surface. It also optimally prepares the aluminum surface for further processing, for example, by powder coating or adhesives. In addition, anodization allows virtually any color scheme imaginable.
Whether you are looking for practical and stylish office chairs, a dining set or patio furniture, you will find aluminum chairs very easy to clean and maintain. As even non-treated aluminum is not subject to corrosion or oxidation beyond a slight graying, unless it is exposed to very harsh conditions, your chairs will keep their brand-new look over many years of use.
Aluminum chairs and sustainability
While aluminum extraction is in many regions associated with environmental issues, aluminum itself is one of the most readily recyclable materials available. At the end of its service life, any piece of aluminum furniture can be broken down into components and reintroduced into the supply chain, with very little loss of material. The concept, termed “circular economy,” is essential to future sustainability.
While there is no universally agreed definition of a circular economy, the 2019 United Nations Environment Assembly, the UN’s flagship environment conference, described it as a model in which products and materials are “designed in such a way that they can be reused, remanufactured, recycled or recovered and thus maintained in the economy for as long as possible.” In this regard, aluminum is well suited to the concept, as it is a robust and long-lasting material in use, and can be readily reintroduced to the manufacturing process after its initial service life.
Different models to choose from
Aside from 20th-century design icons created by famous designers like Ray and Charles Eames, you will also find many beautiful aluminum chairs from other designers: These include the Helios Modern Aluminum Dining Chair, Gio Ponti modern aluminum chairs, the Brushed Aluminum Township Chair form LikeModern, Polished Aluminum Lounge Chairs by Russell Woodard and a Philippe Starck design that looks very elegant, poised and features a perfect balance of contrasting forms.
Whether avante garde, classic modern or traditional, aluminum chairs offer the full range of possibilities. Choose your style and enjoy!