Poly as in “polycarbonate”, the material from which the chair is entirely made, through a process of injection moulding with a particularly large and powerful press.
This is a project that has kept the company and designer Karim Rashid busy for two years.
Three different prototypes were created during the planning stage with the aim of obtaining the maximum level of comfort for the seat and a perfect degree of inclination
for the chair back: together with virtual testing of the chair’s mechanical resistance in order to satisfy resistance criteria for CATAS certification.
Poly has a young, original, geometric design. Both chair and back are made of different surfaces that intersect and yet the chair as a whole does not appear angular. It looks
inviting and comfortable and this aesthetic impression is confirmed by the comfort of the seat.
Poly can be stacked and is also suitable for external and contract use. It comes in a variety of colours and finishes: transparent, semi-transparent pink, semi-transparent lime, black and white shiny versions and, from 2008, in the transparent orange and smoked versions. One year after it was created Poly has already won two international awards, the Chicago Athenaeum’s Good Design Award and the Red Dot Design Award.