Design Guild Mark Holder
Zones Side Chair
Name of Designer:
PearsonLloyd191
2017
Teknion
The Zones Side Chair forms part of a collection of office furniture designed by PearsonLloyd for the Canadian workplace furniture brand Teknion. The collection focuses on informal collaborative spaces and its design is led by the desire to combine the performance qualities of contemporary engineering with traditional furniture making. The components of the chair mix injection mould plastic, dye cast aluminium and laminated beech, to combine softness and reliability. In particular, the laminated beech legs re-introduce a technology to the contract market that has been in use in furniture for over a century, while its formed plastic back provides comfort for the user and the ability to lift the chair easily around the room.
PearsonLloyd is a product, furniture and innovation design studio led by founders Luke Pearson and Tom Lloyd, and run from a studio in Shoreditch, East London. For the last twenty years, the agency has designed products, systems and environments for the home, workplace, transport and healthcare sectors. Its close relationship with clients including consumer brands, manufacturers and retailers has given the agency unparalleled experience in understanding the needs of users and the demands of business.
The agency’s work is driven by a need to understand and interpret a world that is experiencing rapid and often unexpected change.
