CAR TA
CO LLECTION
BY SHIGERU BAN
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wb form ag 1 Lounge Chair and Lounge Table – Carta Collection
Talstrasse 15, 8001 Zurich, Switzerland 2 Paper House – Lake Yamanaka, Yamanashi, Japan
www.wbform.com 3 Miyake Design Studio Gallery – Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
CARTA COLLECTION
Inspired by using cardboard tubes as construction ma-
terial, Shigeru Ban first designed furniture for his home
in Japan. He continued to create furniture for his archi-
tectural projects, including the Miyake Design Studio
Gallery in Tokyo. Now, wb form Zurich is exclusively
VISIONARY bringing this high-end furniture collection by the Japa-
nese architect to Switzerland. wb form sells design clas-
sics and new products by renowned designers like Max
USE OF Bill, Ulrich P. Wieser and Susi + Ueli Berger. The Carta Col-
lection continues wb form’s traditional values of ecology
in design and production. As in the entire collection,
RECYCABLE
products like the Lounge Chair – with a seat made from
thin, waterproof and durable cardboard tubes and a
simple birch plywood frame – represent the ecological
MATERIALS
values of our time. Perfectly designed and featuring
natural organic forms, these pieces create a pleasant
ambience with a warm and luxurious feel.
SHIGERU BAN
Shigeru Ban was born in 1957 in Tokyo. After studying
architecture in Los Angeles and New York, he opened
up his own studio in Tokyo in 1985. Ban’s buildings are
characterised by the simplicity of traditional Japanese
architecture, which he reinterprets with western in-
fluences. The year 1986 saw his international break-
through – with cardboard tubes. Taking inspiration from
the tubes of paper rolls that remain at his office when
the paper is used up, Ban uses sturdy tubes to con-
struct walls, roofs and load-bearing structures. He has
constructed entire residential buildings, a church and
also a bridge from the lightweight, recyclable and easy-
to-process material. His pavilion at the Hanover Expo
2000 demonstrated the versatile applications of card-
board and his emergency shelters for the victims of the
Kobe and Haiti earthquakes attracted international atten-
tion. In May 2010, the Centre Pompidou in Metz was
opened, which is his best-known work to date. With
the 2013 Tamedia extension, Zurich also features a
building designed by the Japanese star architect. In
2014, Shigeru Ban was awarded the Pritzker Prize, the
highest accolade for architects.
CHAISE LONGUE
54.6 x 57 x 202 cm
Cardboard tubes made from recycled paper, varnished,
European birch plywood
Carta Collection, Paper House – Lake Yamanaka, Yamanashi, Japan
LOUNGE CHAIR LOUNGE TABLE
70.4 x 57 x 71 cm 37.5 x 55 x 88.5 cm
Cardboard tubes made from recycled paper, varnished, Cardboard tubes made from recycled paper, varnished,
European birch plywood clear glass
LOUNGE CHAIR LOUNGE TABLE STOOL
70.4 x 57 x 71 cm 37.5 x 55 x 88.5 cm 44.5 x 46 x 46.8 cm
Cardboard tubes and Cardboard tubes Cardboard tubes
birch plywood and clear glass and birch plywood
CHAIR CHAISE LONGUE
77.3 x 46 x 48 cm 54.6 x 57 x 202 cm
Cardboard tubes Cardboard tubes
and birch plywood and birch plywood
ROUND TABLE BENCH
74, Ø 120 cm 44 x 57 x 207 cm
Cardboard tubes and birch plywood Cardboard tubes
available with three or four legs and birch plywood
STOOL
44.5 x 46 x 46.8 cm
Cardboard tubes made from recycled paper, varnished,
European birch plywood requests and orders:
[email protected] or +41 (0)44 215 95 00
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4 Paper House – Lake Yamanaka, Yamanashi, Japan
5 Bench – Carta Collection
