Alex Chaise Longue by Alessandro Mendini for ecopixel for sale at Pamono

Alex Chaise Longue by Alessandro Mendini for ecopixel
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About This Piece

Exceptional Contemporary Design

The collaboration between ecopixel and Atelier Mendini has led to a remarkable plastic recycling industry innovation where ‘pixelated colors and recycled plastics’ go hand in hand. Thanks to Mendini's visionary persistence, an impressive 24 by 24 mm ‘pixel’ has been developed using shredded plastic waste as a base material for this chaise longue called Alex. Mendini's extraordinary design pushed the development of the pressurized ecopixel technique further ahead, mixing the intriguing mélange of eight carefully selected colors randomly into the Mendini-mix, resulting in a unique appearance each time.

Powerful geometric forms are derived from a combination of polygonal plane surfaces with dynamic linear edges. The ecopixel’s innovative ‘pressurized rotational production method’ enables a crisp, folded form with sharply defined origami lines, resulting in a contemporary appearance that is radically different to traditionally rounded surfaces that are a byproduct of other production techniques. The ecopixel technique randomly combines colored pixels in the Mendini-mix, creating a distinctive result every time.

Each chaise longue is individually numbered with a special marker plate and comes with a certificate and numbered copy of the original 2017 drawing. Alex is 100% recyclable and made of up to 55% recycled materials. Ecopixel aims to use materials that will continue to be part of the recycling loop; withstanding temperatures from -10°C up to +50°C means ecopixel is suitable for both indoor and outdoor environments. This material is incredibly durable, yet soft to the touch and wonderfully tactile. This piece is part of an edition of 60, designed in 2017.

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Creator	Aessandro Mendini
Manufacturer	Ecopixel
Design Period	From 2000
Production Period	2010 to Present
Country of Manufacture	Italy
Identifying Marks	Signed by maker
Style	Contemporary
Detailed Condition	New — This is a new (unused) item of contemporary design.
Edition Number	21
Product Code	EZO-236834
Artist's Proof	4
Number of Prototypes	1
Limited Edition	Yes
Additional Information	Made to Order One of a Kind
Materials	Plastic
Color	Multicolored
Width	84 cm 84 cm
Depth	175 cm 175 cm
Height	80 cm 80 cm
Seat Height	35 cm
Weight Range	Standard — Between 40kg and 80kg

Dealer	Ecopixel
Manufacturing Time	We will contact you in regards to lead time when the order is placed.
Ships from	Italy
Returns	Returns accepted within 14 days of delivery, except for Made-to-order items

Dealer

Ecopixel

Manufacturing Time

We will contact you in regards to lead time when the order is placed.

Ships from

Italy

Returns

Returns accepted within 14 days of delivery, except for Made-to-order items

Front Door Delivery: (Included in Every Order)	A skilled driver will unload the item(s) from the delivery truck and bring it to your building’s doorstep. You will be responsible for further transport beyond that point. We recommend asking a family member or friend for an extra hand; alternatively, you may upgrade to In-Home Delivery (see below). The delivery partner will email and/or call you at least one day in advance to arrange a delivery time. A wooden crate may be used for intercontinental shipments for maximum protection. Item will be left in its packaging after delivery. A signature will be required upon delivery.
In-Home Delivery: (For in-home delivery service, additional fees apply. Please get in touch)	A skilled driver or a team of two will bring your item(s) inside your home and place it in the immediate entryway. For unusually large or heavy items, we recommend asking a family member or friend for an extra hand, as we cannot send more than 2 drivers. The delivery partner will email and/or call you one day in advance to arrange a delivery time. A wooden crate may be used for intercontinental shipments for maximum protection. Item will be left in its packaging after delivery. A signature will be required upon delivery.

Front Door Delivery:
(Included in Every Order)

A skilled driver will unload the item(s) from the delivery truck and bring it to your building’s doorstep. You will be responsible for further transport beyond that point. We recommend asking a family member or friend for an extra hand; alternatively, you may upgrade to In-Home Delivery (see below).
The delivery partner will email and/or call you at least one day in advance to arrange a delivery time.
A wooden crate may be used for intercontinental shipments for maximum protection.
Item will be left in its packaging after delivery.
A signature will be required upon delivery.

In-Home Delivery:
(For in-home delivery service, additional fees apply. Please get in touch)

A skilled driver or a team of two will bring your item(s) inside your home and place it in the immediate entryway. For unusually large or heavy items, we recommend asking a family member or friend for an extra hand, as we cannot send more than 2 drivers.
The delivery partner will email and/or call you one day in advance to arrange a delivery time.
A wooden crate may be used for intercontinental shipments for maximum protection.
Item will be left in its packaging after delivery.
A signature will be required upon delivery.

About the Maker

Ecopixel

Ecopixel is an Italian design brand that was established by producer Claudio Milioto and designer Jan Puylaert in early 2017. Both partners have long been guided in their work by sustainable principles of reuse, recycling, and an intense respect for the environment. With their new joint venture, they are taking their goals of reducing waste and recycling plastic to a new level. Located in Porto Valtravaglia, near the Swiss border north of Milan, Ecopixel promotes a “never-ending recyclability concept”—meaning that each piece in Ecopixel’s collection of home furnishings, lighting, and accessories is both made from recycled material and is made to be 100% recyclable. The company's founders poetically describe this as an “in between moment of material solidification; what was and what will become.” The brand's aesthetic sits at the intersection between minimalistic geometry of form and postmodernist exuberance of materials.

Ecopixel began by recycling thermoplastic waste-material—so-called LDPE (low-density polyethylene industrial waste)—transforming off-cuts into richly textured blocks sorted into color families. Because each piece is created from a mixture of sorted LDPE remnants, it displays unique color and texture patterns, ranging from the vivacious 8-hue abstract pointillistic masterpiece that is Alessandro Mendini’s Alex Chaise Lounge for Ecopixel, to the marble-like, understated Delta 50 Stool in white and grey by Jan Puylaert for Ecopixel.

From there, Ecopixel branched out into creating new materials from other categories of plastic waste, including a fascinating collaboration with Belgian firm ECO-Oh!, which transforms 30% of garbage in Belgium into useful raw materials. Trashplast is the resulting collection of tableware, vases, and lighting in the slightly variegated deep grey experimental material, created from 100% recycled trash. Ecopixel’s mission is also educational; spreading the lesson that different plastic waste materials should never be mixed so as to keep the plastics pure, which facilitates reuse after each product life-cycle.

Ecopixel has already garnered a great deal of attention from industry heavyweights, as evidenced by the collaboration with Atelier Mendini. The Alex chaise lounge is now part of the permanent collection at the Groninger Museum in the Netherlands. Additionally, the brand has showcased its collection at the Milan Design Week, Homi Milano lifestyle fair, Hotel nhow Milano, Dubai Design Week, as well as debuting Trashplast at Ventura Future in Milan in 2018.