This armchair and barstool series reflects the dynamics of our time. Fresh, agile and somewhat cheeky. Offering a high level of individualisation through a fascinating number of options.
Armchair available in two back heights, either with low or high armrests. Several distinct frame variations and multi-coloured surfaces can be chosen for both the Armchair and Barstool varieties.
Available with high or low arms.
Width: (low arms): 640mm
Width (high arms): 710mm
Height: 830mm
Depth: 670mm
Available with high or low arms.
Width: (low arms): 640mm
Width (high arms): 710mm
Height: 830mm
Depth: 670mm
Available with low or high arms.
Width: (low arms): 640mm
Width (high arms): 710mm
Height: 830mm
Depth: 670mm
Available with high or low arms.
Available with or without height adjustment.
Width: (low arms): 640mm
Width (high arms): 710mm
Height: 830mm
Depth: 670mm
Available with high or low arms.
Width: (low arms): 640mm
Width (high arms): 710mm
Height: 1060mm
Depth: 740mm
Available with high or low arms.
Width: (low arms): 640mm
Width (high arms): 710mm
Height: 1060mm
Depth: 740mm
Available with high or low arms.
Width: (low arms): 640mm
Width (high arms): 710mm
Height: 1060mm
Depth: 740mm
Available with high or low arms.
Available with or without height adjustment.
Width: (low arms): 640mm
Width (high arms): 710mm
Height: 1060mm
Depth: 740mm
Width: 515mm
Height: 950mm
Depth: 505mm
Width: 515mm
Height: 950mm
Depth: 505mm
Width: 515mm
Height: 950mm
Depth: 505mm
After having completed his training as industrial designer at the University of Essen, he started freelancing at the Italian Studio Mattheo Thun in Milan. Together with his partner Robert Kilders, he founded the design studio bert&bert in 1997. Since 2005, Norbert Geelen feels at home both in his German office in Straelen and in his Milan studio. He has specialised in designing upmarket lifestyle products and furniture.
Depending on the environment, contract seating has to be able to fulfil very specific requirements. Interior designers and planners sometimes have to clear difficult hurdles: such as exacting fire prevention regulations. Kusch+Co has worked out individual solutions:
As standard, wooden parts are protected by a UV curing, environmentally harmless, waterbased lacquer meeting all the requirements of “low flammability” acc. to DIN EN 13501 B s2 d0.
The upholstery is optionally available with either flame retardant foam or low flammability foam (B1). If the low flammability foam (B1) is combined with the fabrics Cura, Valencia ™ B1, Xtreme, Silvertex ® B1 or skai Parotega NF, the upholstery is on par with the Kusch+Co Fire Prevention concept and meets four life-saving objectives:
Test reports in compliance with national and international standards document the laboratory fire tests conducted on different series finished with a wide variety of materials.
With regard to the upholstery, e.g. with leather, artificial leather as well as many textile fabrics, or to our unupholstered variations featuring a plywood, laminated or plastic seat shell, most of our series meet the following standards:
Please contact us if you wish to receive the test reports or further information.
Kusch+Cos environmental and quality management systems are certified acc. to DIN EN ISO 14001:2015 and to DIN EN ISO 9001:2015. External audits as well as our in-house laboratory safeguard our quality level.
All variations of series Lupino meet the requirements with regard to stability, static and dynamic load as well as strength and durability in compliance with the current European Directives, standards and regulations.
On top of this, Kusch+Co test most of their contract seating with higher loads and cycles. On request, they conduct individual tests acc. to the customer’s specifications.
Kusch+Co are certified in compliance with DIN EN ISO 9001:2015. In our own laboratory, they test thir products before market launch whether they comply with the normative requirements applicable to contract seating, task chairs, and tables, and issue a Declaration of Conformity.
Kusch+Co products stand for long life cycles and optimum recyclability. From the first design drafts of a new product, we take all environmental-relevant components and production processes into consideration, ranging from the materials selection and the design all the way to the manufacturing processes which also contribute towards thier sustainable energy balance.
All wood for Kusch+Co products comes from sustainable, legal and verified sources that conduct sustainable forest management.
Kusch+Co products contain a high proportion of renewable raw materials, materials that can be separated by type and are easy to recycle. For most of them, it is already over 90%.
They use easily recyclable components made from polypropylene, polyethylene and polyamide as separable components and label them to facilitate the separation of materials in the end-of-life/recycling stage.
All leftovers are recycled by their suppliers. They separate the materials before returning them. This process is an integral part of their workflows.
All metal parts that they cannot process are recycled.
They use almost exclusively recycled aluminium.
They only use wood from environmentally responsible sources, which guarantee, that in place of every tree – a new one will grow. They do not reduce forest resources.
To minimize waste and move within the circular economy, they use textiles made of post-consumer recycled polyester, that additionally is recyclable. Post-consumer recycled polyester textiles they offer is EU Ecolabel and STANDARD 100 by OEKO-TEX® certified, which guarantees that the article does not contain harmful substances. All waste materials generated by their production processes (fabric residues, leftover foam, metal cuttings) are almost entirely collected and processed by authorised recycling companies. Wood waste, accumulated during the processing of wood materials and wood components, is used as biomass to produce thermal energy.
Winner of 'Excellent Product Design Furniture: series 8600 Lupino
Jury statement: The striking design of this armchair, with its high backrest, alludes cleverly to the typical design language of buckets seats used in motor sport. An exciting approach executed as a modern, premium quality product which forms an impressive reflection of the dynamism of its prototype.
Lupino was awarded winner of the Furniture: Chair category in 2018's Muuuz International Awards (MIAW).
For more than 10 years, the Muuuz International Awards (MIAW) recognise outstanding products in architecture, interior design, and decoration, focusing on products and solutions for their technical excellence.
The awards shine the spotlight on the most ingenious manufacturers, and provides them the opportunity to promote the new products they have selected.
