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FLUX
FLUX combines the ease of a modern plastic shell with the classic features of a hand-crafted wood frame. The ergonomics of the highly flexible seat shell offer extraordinary sitting comfort. The variety of shell colours combined with the range of available stain colours for the solid beech frame allows the right colour combinations to be chosen for any design concept. Other options available include the choice of a fully upholstered shell or an optional seat cushion.
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Frame
Hard frame from solid beech wood, profile strength: 55 x 35 mm, additional corner blocks. Legs from solid beech wood, with a double-butted rectangular profile, width: 28 mm, tapering from approx. 30 to 45 mm. Hard frame attached to legs with dowels and glue.
Frame surfaces
Wooden elements made from beech wood, with natural varnish (low-solvent water varnish) in the standard version. Optionally stained according to the BRUNE ® collection.
Seat shell
Ergonomically shaped plastic hard-shell made from coloured polypropylene, featuring a 2-component “sandwich” structure with glass-fibre reinforcements, fully recyclable, lightfastness of 6-8 on the Wool scale (maximum value: 8). Insides of seat and back support with anti-slip fine structure, exterior with a smooth and high-gloss finish, optionally with seat padding or fully upholstered according to the BRUNE ® collection.
Plastic colours
Standard colours FLUX plastic seat shell :
White, Slate-grey, Sky-blue, Reed green, Pure orange, Black
Upholstery
Supporting plate from multilayered plywood, approx. 4 mm thick, multiple layers of glue. 4 threaded captive nuts (M5) to attach upholstery with seat shell. Cover applied under the C-Gex system, optionally fully upholstered based on the ergonomically shaped seat shell.
| Seat / fully upholstered shell: | SG/SH | 30/50 | approx. 15 mm thick |
SG = specific gravity CH = compression hardness
Gliders
| Standard version: | plastic gliders | |
| Optional extras: | felt gliders | |
| gliding nails |
Dimensions
| Width: | B | 49 cm | ||
| Depth: | T | 53 cm | ||
| Total height: | H | 85 cm | ||
| Seat height: | SH | 46 cm | ||
| Weight: | 6,0 kg | |||
| 6,5 kg (seat padding) | ||||
| 6,5 kg (fully upholstered) |
Uwe Sommerlade
Uwe Sommerlade (born 1961) is the son of a civil engineer, and as such had early discovered his passion for design. He has already been sitting in the office of his father when he was a child, and there he drafted his first houses and objects. In his youth, he learned dealing with wood in the cabinet-making of his grandfather. After his Abitur and the successful completion of his apprenticeship as cabinet maker, he started studying design in Kassel. In 1991, he founded the office Lepper Schmidt Sommerlade designer with two partners there. Since then he has developed internationally successful products for renowned companies. After the death of Christian Lepper in 2011, he founded his own studio.
National and international awards confirm the quality of his work.
Uwe Sommerlade is lives and works in Kassel.