A composite material consisting of a combination of flax fibre and PLA is applied in a chair: the Flax Chair. Due to the suitable oceanic climate, flax is a crop with a rich history in the Netherlands, Belgium and northern France. PLA is a biodegradable plastic with a lactic acid base. Both the long and the short fibres of the flax have been used.
The entire pattern of the chair is made from a 100-by-60-centimetre rectangle, leaving hardly any residual material. The composite material and the chair were commissioned by LABEL/BREED. Christien Meindertsma works in collaboration with Enkev, a company specialised in natural fibres.
