HANSANDFRANZ’s current inspiration with business is collaboration with unexpected clients. Lefty is a prototype lightweight chair proposed for a cycling company that didn’t go through but the concept was cool. The proposition is a basic stacking seat for indoor and outdoor use made of powder-coated aluminum profiles cut in varying lengths and angles, and welded together to form a minimalist but stable construction. With its visible welding seams, it refers to the industrial provenance of motorcycles and bikes. The polyurethane backrest and seating function as add-ons and are fixed in place to mimic a motorbike saddle. “During the development of our self-initiated Lefty project, we tried to question conventions and avoid reverting to already existing archetypes in order to experiment and explore with new ways of sitting,” say the duo. This ignited their zeal for imaginative co-creative opportunities: “Eventually, we would love to be working on the Apple chair, or the Facebook lamp.” Photo 4 of 7 in Munich's Dynamic Duo: Hansandfranz by Caia Hagel

Munich's Dynamic Duo: Hansandfranz

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HANSANDFRANZ’s current inspiration with business is collaboration with unexpected clients. Lefty is a prototype lightweight chair proposed for a cycling company that didn’t go through but the concept was cool. The proposition is a basic stacking seat for indoor and outdoor use made of powder-coated aluminum profiles cut in varying lengths and angles, and welded together to form a minimalist but stable construction. With its visible welding seams, it refers to the industrial provenance of motorcycles and bikes. The polyurethane backrest and seating function as add-ons and are fixed in place to mimic a motorbike saddle.

“During the development of our self-initiated Lefty project, we tried to question conventions and avoid reverting to already existing archetypes in order to experiment and explore with new ways of sitting,” say the duo. This ignited their zeal for imaginative co-creative opportunities: “Eventually, we would love to be working on the Apple chair, or the Facebook lamp.”