Mater

Copenhagen, 
Denmark
http://www.materusa.com
  • Booth: 4061

Founded in Copenhagen in 2006, Mater was created to be the pioneering global brand with sustainability embedded in its core.

From the very beginning the ambition was to inspire a global design audience and engage people into sustainable thinking. Mater combines sustainability and circular production using waste, with timeless design, through collaboration with an external base of well-established and new design talents.


 Press Releases

  • New stackable shell chair made of waste materials

    Mater's new stackable chair designed by Space Copenhagen is made from waste in a new groundbreaking technology, patented by Mater and called Mater Circular Material. Easily integrated into various kinds of spaces and interiors, the chair's design focuses on comfort and functionality combined with industrial and sculptural features

    The dynamic design duo behind Space Copenhagen, Signe Bindslev Henriksen and Peter Bundgaard Rützou, have introduced their first stacking chair, Eternity Sidechair. The chair's primary inspiration was waste materials. As the first circular shell chair produced by Mater, the Eternity sidechair marks a new beginning and endless possibilities for the company. Mater's patented technology means that moulding Mater Circular Material into larger pieces is now possible.

    The shell of the Eternity Sidechair is made from upcycled fibre-based waste materials from Danish coffee producer BKI Kaffe and plastic waste from Grohe. In other words: Mater Circular Material. Mater developed this innovative technology for mixing various waste streams to allow them to mould many kinds of furniture. The technique allows efficient upcycling of industrial waste while simultaneously reducing carbon emissions, instead of the waste being burned.