Influenced by the blurring of home and work environments, RCA graduate Andrea Mestre has designed an office chair made from rattan.

The chair, called Gandia, features a flexible backrest and seat that encourage movement throughout the working day.

Made up of a circular frame, the backrest is connected to the chair's frame with a pivot joint. Meanwhile, a series of seven flexible cane rods curve round 90 degrees to join the backrest to the chair's seat. The seat slides in and out on a rail, so that as the user reclines their back, the seat slides outwards and vice versa.

"This dynamism encourages you to move inside the chair, in order to avoid stress and tension caused by sitting in a fixed position for long working hours," said Mestre.
To provide a sustainable alternative to plastic office chairs, Mestre chose to construct the chair from rattan ? a fast-growing palm from Asia that has an average growth of only five to seven years and a very low-tech harvest.

Read more on Dezeen: https://www.dezeen.com/2017/06/29/rca-graduate-andre-mestre-gandia-rattan-office-chair/

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