CARTA COLLECTION

by Shigeru Ban

Inspired by using cardboard tubes as construction material, Shigeru Ban first designed furniture for his home in Japan. He continued to create furniture for his architectural projects, including the Miyake Design Studio Gallery in Tokyo.

Now, wb form Zurich is exclusively bringing this high-end furniture collection by the Japanese architect to Switzerland.

 
 

CARTA COLLECTION

 
 

Shigeru Ban

Carta Collection
 

Organic Forms and Sustainable Materials

Japanese star architect Shigeru Ban and wb form share clear ecological values when it comes to design and production. On this basis, we developed our first project – the Carta Collection – which uses the natural and biodegradable materials of paper and wood. We spent almost two years on developing the collection. The seven designs include a stool, a chair, a bench, a lounge chair and a chaise longue, complemented with two sizes of table. Both the seats and the table frames are created from slim cardboard tubes, which are treated to be waterproof and durable.

The ‘paper tubes’ for the Carta Collection come from Japan where they are treated with urethane resin to make them impervious to fluids and other environmental influences. The furniture is manufactured in Italy, using a sophisticated technique to fix the tubes to the simple birch plywood frames of the seats without using metal and with only a few invisible screws.

 
3er Sofa
Carta Collection

Contact

wb form ag

Uraniastrasse 40

CH-8001 Zürich