HAG Conventio / HAG Conventio Wing
Peter Opsvik also developed the Conventio chair for HAG. Opsvik felt that sitters should be just as comfortable on a chair without casters as on a chair with casters. The natural limitation of the four-legged chair was its inability to move with the user. The HAG Conventio is a light and simple chair that allows users to tilt backwards and forwards.
Original Conventio Chair
Opsvik reteamed with HAG in 2006 to launch the redesigned Conventio Wing chair. The Conventio Wing was a rousing success at the NeoCon International Furniture Exposition in Chicago – winning the Gold award for seating. Both the seat and the back of the Conventio Wing are manufactured from recycled automobile bumpers and plastic household waste bottles. The chair is assembled with very few component elements, making it amazingly easy to disassemble or replace.
Conventio Wing
When you are actively sitting and forcing the malleable Conventio Wing into different angles, the pressure points between your body and the chair surfaces are re-distributed. This results in a profoundly comfortable sitting experience. In addition, the surface of the Conventio Wing’s seat is not smooth. The V-shape in the middle of the backrest alleviates pressure on the user’s spine. Instead, the pressure is distributed to the supporting muscles on the sides of the back. The perforations in the Conventio Wing act as air pockets, ensuring that the user doesn’t “stick” to the chair.
The foam and upholstery are the parts of a chair that are typically the first to show signs of age. The Conventio Wing is made without foam or upholstery enabling a much longer useful life for the chair.
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