{"id":1694,"date":"2015-08-07T14:47:59","date_gmt":"2015-08-07T14:47:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/?p=1694"},"modified":"2015-08-07T14:47:59","modified_gmt":"2015-08-07T14:47:59","slug":"chayr-the-new-seat-made-from-hay-and-grass-by-henryco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/design-products\/chayr-the-new-seat-made-from-hay-and-grass-by-henryco","title":{"rendered":"Chayr: The new seat made from hay and grass by Henry&#038;Co"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Italian studio Henry&amp;Co has used a material created by binding hay and grass to form the seat of this untreated beech wood stool. Henry&amp;Co designed the stool to fit a \u201ccircular economy\u201d model, so chose sustainable and recyclable materials, which included both the beech wood and Ekolithos \u2013 a material made from hay and grass fibres.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Chayr-The-new-seat-made-from-hay-and-grass-by-HenryCo.jpg\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1698\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Chayr-The-new-seat-made-from-hay-and-grass-by-HenryCo.jpg\" alt=\"Chayr: The new seat made from hay and grass by Henry&amp;Co\" width=\"655\" height=\"468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Chayr-The-new-seat-made-from-hay-and-grass-by-HenryCo.jpg 655w, https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Chayr-The-new-seat-made-from-hay-and-grass-by-HenryCo-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Chayr-The-new-seat-made-from-hay-and-grass-by-HenryCo-350x250.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 655px) 100vw, 655px\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Named Chayr, the stool comprises four legs and a rectangular seat base \u2013 all made from beech \u2013 topped with the Ekolithos cushion. The design is inspired by the use of both hay bales and grassy spots used as seating places throughout the ages.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Chayr-The-new-seat-made-from-hay-and-grass-by-HenryCo_.jpg\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1699\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Chayr-The-new-seat-made-from-hay-and-grass-by-HenryCo_.jpg\" alt=\"Chayr: The new seat made from hay and grass by Henry&amp;Co\" width=\"655\" height=\"655\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Chayr-The-new-seat-made-from-hay-and-grass-by-HenryCo_.jpg 655w, https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Chayr-The-new-seat-made-from-hay-and-grass-by-HenryCo_-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Chayr-The-new-seat-made-from-hay-and-grass-by-HenryCo_-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Chayr-The-new-seat-made-from-hay-and-grass-by-HenryCo_-350x350.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 655px) 100vw, 655px\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHay bales are often used as resting places for farmers and grass offers a warm, soft spot to sit on a nice day,\u201d said Alex Crestan, who co-founded Henry&amp;Co with Francesco Trubian. \u201cThis new use for those natural materials reminds the sitter of nature and natural wellbeing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Chayr-The-new-seat-made-from-hay-and-grass-by-HenryCo_11.jpg\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1700\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Chayr-The-new-seat-made-from-hay-and-grass-by-HenryCo_11.jpg\" alt=\"Chayr: The new seat made from hay and grass by Henry&amp;Co\" width=\"655\" height=\"463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Chayr-The-new-seat-made-from-hay-and-grass-by-HenryCo_11.jpg 655w, https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Chayr-The-new-seat-made-from-hay-and-grass-by-HenryCo_11-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Chayr-The-new-seat-made-from-hay-and-grass-by-HenryCo_11-350x247.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 655px) 100vw, 655px\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ekolithos is the name for a family of products made from waste materials using a natural binding agent made from honeybee secretion called royal jelly. The products are all free from oil and formaldehyde, are non-toxic and are produced from renewable resources.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Chayr-The-new-seat-made-from-hay-and-grass-by-HenryCo_21.jpg\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1701\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Chayr-The-new-seat-made-from-hay-and-grass-by-HenryCo_21.jpg\" alt=\"Chayr: The new seat made from hay and grass by Henry&amp;Co\" width=\"655\" height=\"491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Chayr-The-new-seat-made-from-hay-and-grass-by-HenryCo_21.jpg 655w, https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Chayr-The-new-seat-made-from-hay-and-grass-by-HenryCo_21-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Chayr-The-new-seat-made-from-hay-and-grass-by-HenryCo_21-350x262.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 655px) 100vw, 655px\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe key point is the binding material used to merge the two natural elements,\u201d said Crestan. \u201cIn fact, it allows us to think about a new form of recycling and sets us apart from the oil production chain, giving a chance for local growth through our land resources.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Chayr-The-new-seat-made-from-hay-and-grass-by-HenryCo_3.jpg\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1702\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Chayr-The-new-seat-made-from-hay-and-grass-by-HenryCo_3.jpg\" alt=\"Chayr The new seat made from hay and grass by Henry&amp;Co_3\" width=\"655\" height=\"436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Chayr-The-new-seat-made-from-hay-and-grass-by-HenryCo_3.jpg 655w, https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Chayr-The-new-seat-made-from-hay-and-grass-by-HenryCo_3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Chayr-The-new-seat-made-from-hay-and-grass-by-HenryCo_3-350x233.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 655px) 100vw, 655px\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Henry&amp;Co\u2019s ethos is based on rethinking existing products, rather than creating news ones. The aim is to improve not only their form and function, but also the environmental impact of their production and disposal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"post-excerpt\">Italian studio Henry&amp;Co has used a material created by binding hay and grass to form the seat of this untreated&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1703,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[30,12],"tags":[879,875,881,883,877,882,878,884,876,880],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1694"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1694"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1694\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1704,"href":"https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1694\/revisions\/1704"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}