The Lunar Chair Wants To Spend Its Life With You

Have you ever bought a piece of furniture with the intent to keep it for the long haul? How about hanging onto something that has too much sentimental value to give up? Danish brand Form & Refine imbues their Lunar Chair – designed by Jonas Herman of Herman Studio – with those qualities through craft and intention. It was designed to embrace dents, scratches, and anything else you might throw at it in a lifetime. The brand refers to this philosophical approach as functional and aesthetic sustainability, purposefully designing functional objects in natural materials that age for the better with use.

A wooden chair is placed against a white wall. Above it, a coat rack holds a white shirt and a small broom. A closed wooden door with a silver handle is on the right side.

Constructed from FSC-certified oak, its moon-inspired moniker also references the round seat and ergonomic crescent-shaped back. Recurring rounded profiles are incorporated throughout the chair’s design components for a coherent, soft expression. Luna is surprisingly light and conveniently stackable, able to be hung on the edge of a table. And an X-shaped structure under the wooden seat provides stability and support for the user. All of these characteristics will translate impeccably through every stage of life: as your family grows, new homes moved into, and offices that are redesigned.

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“With Lunar Chair, I aimed to create a light and embracing chair. My goal was to make a chair that encourages different ways of sitting rather than locking the user into a single position,” Herman says. “The chair’s characteristic rounded backrest with integrated armrests is made from a single piece of solid wood. The form [of the armrests] ensures optimal comfort with support for the sitter’s elbow and lower back and allows for a variety of seating positions.”

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The Lunar Chair is finished in naturally oiled oak for a maintenance-free existence that will patinate beautifully as the years go by. The seating is also available in a padded version that’s upholstered with Nana Ditzel’s immortal Hallingdal 65 fabric from Kvadrat in four variants. With a distinctly Nordic appeal, the chair fits in well with Form & Refine’s portfolio of simple, well-designed furniture that carries sustainability in its DNA.

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A wooden chair with a rounded backrest and four straight legs is displayed against a white background.

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A wooden chair with a rounded backrest and four straight legs is displayed against a white background.

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