Potato and Sprout: 100% Recycled Plastic Flatpack Lounge Chair

The Australian climate is both one to be enjoyed and a particularly harsh one, with everything from intense UV to wild storms. The concept for P&S was to create outdoor furniture that was easy to maintain and could stand the test of time, rather than end up in landfill within a few seasons. Supporting this, the furniture needed to absorb waste itself, avoiding virgin materials entirely. It also needed to travel/be stored easily — both reducing its carbon footprint and ensuring lasting value as owners moved home or changed the use of their spaces seasonally.

Recycled plastic was the chosen material. Infamously long-lasting, P&S saw value in the flip side of embracing plastic’s trickiest trait — lasting forever — for a more optimistic outcome. When recycled with UV treatment included, plastic provides an incredibly durable, inherently water-mould-insect-rust-rot-splinter-stain-proof material — ideal for easy maintenance and year-round outdoor living. Cut from 2.4m x 1.2m sheets of recycled plastic, the design is inherently flatpack and with a delightful and unique assembly method. Again, utilising plastic’s clever mix of strength and flexibility, the chair slots, folds and twists together; relying on tension not screws, bolts or Allen keys.

The Potato and Sprout lounge chair is designed to absorb waste and never end up back in waste streams. A fully circular product that stands out. It gives individuals and businesses alike a more sustainable option, that both adds and holds value through its longevity, functionality and the statement it makes — a piece that demands attention, sparks conversation and provokes optimism. It’s proof that we can and should keep creating products with strong principles. Products that are equal parts desirable, sustainable and commercially viable. Because products that are loved, not just used have a greater impact on consumer culture.

100% recycled plastic All of our products are cut out of post-consumer / industrial waste recycled plastic sheets. With no virgin materials included, we’re giving new life to plastic waste. Flatpack three-piece design No tools, screws, extra bits or bolts required. Just three pieces and a nifty spanner, all cut from the same sheet material. UV-stabilised for a longer life Our recycled plastic furniture has been UV-stabilised so they can live outside and still look as good as the day they were reborn for years to come. Australian designed & made Everything is sourced, designed, manufactured and finished in Australia, from waste stream to final product. Actually very comfortable With the perfect recline angle and V-shaped back support, our Lounge Chair is ergonomically designed to deliver a surprising level of comfort you wouldn't expect from recycled plastic.