Minus Chair

Minus Furniture (NO)

2022

Our relationship with Minus started with an email asking if it was possible to make furniture that stores more carbon than it emits, that creates more energy than used and at the same time sustain biodiversity?

Minus is based on a super compact value chain using only local materials. That means the chair will mainly be made from softwood like pine and the manufacturing needs to utilise the log in an effective way. The components must be well dimensioned and rational to manufacture.

Many of the parts are therefore straight/linear and the solid build has all wooden joints. The elements in contact with your body are prioritised creating both a visual identity for a chair like this.

Finally Minus is aiming towards increasing the lifespan of both the whole product and the individual components by being reparable and reusable. This means creating the infrastructure and incentives needed to actually make this happen.