Tomato
1971
Formula
1998
“Product ideas come to me in many different ways. For this I thought ‘a-ha!’ –
the Pastil chair floats, it can carry a person across water, but it is not completely
stable for this purpose. If I added armrests and a more defined chair back then
it would be fun for the water, and so the Tomato chair was born. It is named
to reflect the two round shapes when you look from the front: like the two
circles in the word tOmatO.”
“To sit in the Formula is a great comfort. You can rock backwards and forwards,
and let your imagination take you away. The back and armrests are key – when
you look at a Formula 1 car there are two very wide ‘armrests’ on either side
of the driver, and a high headrest. Take away the wheels, and what is left
is clearly a Formula chair – just perhaps not as fast as the car.”
