
A chair with much room
Claimed as the world’s first mycelium-composite chair, the Banet Dining Chair features wool or vegan cotton batting, with plant-based, fire-resistant, comfort foam and PHA feet.
Geoff Isaac, PhD . Plastics in design specialist and author of Featherston monograph

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