Sustainable Seating

In the market for a sleek seat? Opt for one that is helping to recycle approximately three million plastic bottles annually. Created in collaboration with Coca-Cola, Emeco's new 111 Navy Chair is made from recycled plastic bottles ("at least 111" of them, hence the name). It's modeled after the legendary aluminum original, designed in 1944 for the U.S. Navy, and combines 60% recycled PET plastic with a mix of other materials including pigment and integrity-boosting glass fiber. If Coca-Cola red is a little much for you, the chair also comes in five more earthly hues: grass, charcoal, flint, persimmon, and snow. Design Within Reach—the exclusive U.S. retailer of the 111 Navy Chair—is now taking orders, and at $230 a pop, it's about half the price of the aluminum version.