Icila Chair

Design Cecile Planchais, France

This sleek, contemporary chair looks like the perfect accessory for the modern home but is in fact made to withstand the abuses of public spaces. Reminiscent of the Japanese art of origami, Icila is made from a single sheet of steel, cut and folded, without welds. The extra wide seat offers  a comfortable position and leaves space  on either side to pose a drink, put down a bag, make room for a friend. The supple steel frame has a spring like affect which is amplified when placed on a hard surface.  The solid weight and stability are a suprising paradox to the slim, elegant profile.

Icila has been created using a bare minimum of industrial interventions. Cut and folded from a single sheet of steel there is virtually no wasted material. Using the latest eco-technology the surface treatment and brilliant palette of paper white, black graphite, orange-red and varnished natural steel are produced from a vegetable base and permit both longevity and little environmental impact.

Icila can be fixed in place without using cement and thus offers the option of mobility, a chair which follows the ‘life’ of its environment. Icila is easily stored and stacked during off season in its original recycled packaging, though it may of course be left outdoors year round.

Available in white, black and orange, colors inspired from the palette of the artist Alexander Calder as well as natural steel. Icila chair, created for the 6th Biennale of Saint Etienne, France and part of the inauguration of its latest building 'La Platine' was recently presented at the Sustainable Luxury Fair at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris.  The Icila Song chair which has programmable sound incorporated is currently under development.

Material: 8mm steel, epoxy powder coating

Dimensions: w 85cm  p 57,3cm  h 77,6cm

Color options: white, black, steel + orange

Price: white, black, steel: 1570.€,   orange: 1765.€