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With its low-slung wooden frame and nautically evocative rope
seat and backrest, Mathias Steen Rasmussen’s breakthrough
MR01 Initial Lounge Chair has begged to be taken outside
since its creation. Two years after launch, Rasmussen and
GUBI have responded to demand and developed a new
variant in iroko wood, specially constructed for use outdoors.
Rasmussen conceived the MR01 as a lounge chair that could
be used while meditating – a comfortable, gently inclined,
low lounge seat in which one could relax, feet to the floor,
and relish the calming sensation of floating while remaining
grounded. The lightweight chair was always intended to be
versatile and nomadic, traveling easily around the home as
the user wishes. With the addition of the MR01 Initial Outdoor
Lounge Chair to the collection, the comfort, flexibility, and
sculptural beauty of Rasmussen’s ground-breaking design
can now be enjoyed outside.
Where the frame of the indoor edition is made from oak or
walnut, the MR01 Initial Outdoor Lounge Chair is crafted from
FSC®-certified iroko (FSC®-C176589). This wood has proved
itself ideally suited to Rasmussen’s design, maintaining its
strong silhouette through the transition outside, and helping
to emphasize the MR01 Initial Chair’s sculptural quality.
Left & right: MR01 Initial Outdoor Lounge Chair in Iroko
