DURABILITY

Our current world is awash in the waste of our everyday objects, worn out prematurely or simply programmed to have a short life of use linked to hyper-industrial manufacturing, without the notion or desire to be long-term.

The eco-design approach wants to return to a notion of timeless beauty, which will survive the years without getting tired and which our children will enjoy keeping.

To do this, in addition to the talent of the designer and the know-how of the publishers, it is necessary to take into account a selection of sustainable and recyclable raw materials, an absolute requirement in the quality of the material.

Our designers are at the forefront in the search for raw materials that adapt to this objective, both in the field of natural products such as wood and bamboo and in the choice of synthetic products such as polypropylene and bioplastic, a selection of aluminum and special steel for metals.

Some examples of the brands in our selection illustrating this principle of sustainability:

The Magis brand with the Officina collection reflects the work of the Bouroullecs. For them, the role of designer would be to reveal a culture of the material and its techniques of implementation: quite intimate emotions linked to the details of the object and its manufacture, touching on the universal.

Quality Kvadrat fabric covering with EU Ecolabel & Greenguard Gold Label : Low pollutant emissions inside.

Normann copenhagen offers an injection molded polypropylene shell. This industrial process is associated with manual work: the solid wood base is manufactured and then assembled by hand by cabinetmakers, making the seats extremely solid.

DCW editions uses for its lamps the most qualitative materials such as aluminum, bakelite, stainless steel, ceramic.

For Les Editions Serge Mouille , to the structure in curved steel wire, welded and black lacquered, are added the reflectors in repoussé aluminum sheet, mounted on ball joints, making the pieces of such quality that 50 years after their creations they are still as beautiful and desirable as ever.

The Moroso brand uses a bioplastic derived from lignin, composed of 80% wood fibers and 20% polypropylene, for the manufacture of “impossible wood”, thus allowing exceptional durability.

With more than 50 years of experience in the outdoors (Carlton and Martinez terraces in Cannes, etc.), the Vlaemynck brand uses aluminum for the structures of its furniture and the very resistant Sling ® fabric, which is easy to maintain. , light and flexible. Quickly dry, it is always fresh even in direct sunlight. Hypoallergenic, it benefits from an antifungal treatment and is resistant to both humidity and mould.