Snøhetta has designed what might be called a circular chair, made from recycled plastic and steel. The aim has been to understand plastic as a material, its journey and footprint in the value chain, as well as its inherent qualities. A key ambition is to shift the public’s attitude toward used plastic, from regarding it as waste to seeing it as a valuable resource that should be employed in new ways once it has served its original purpose. The material used in the production of the S-1500 chair is provided by local ?sh farming companies like Kvarøy Fiskeoppdrett and Nova Sea, that supply NCP with worn-out ?sh nets, ropes and pipes from their operations. Once these components are worn out they can be collected, processed and subsequently grinded [sic] into a granulate that can be injected into formwork, generating endless of possibilities for developing new objects. In this way, the project contributes to building a local, circular economy, as it employs plastic waste from the local ind