Take a 2mm polycarbonate board, cut it on one side, fold it and you’ll get an enveloping seat shell! Add some other perimeter cuts to get endless shape configurations. This is PLIS PLAS, a fun, creative, unique chair design by Beatriz Sempere for CALMA. Read more...

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2. Located in Empordà (Catalonia), the region where creative geniuses such as Dalí
and Muntaner were born, CALMA, one of the Spain’s best known name in
contemporary outdoor furniture, gets inspiration from its own DNA and roots,
benefiting therefore from being part of the multifaceted Mediterranean world. Set
up in 2014, it has always strived to keep in tune with changing styles and needs
but remaining always true to its founding values of quality, innovation and
originality in design. Furnishing items are therefore fun and distinctive, fruit of
their peculiar approach of the brand to outdoor lifestyle and design.
Cutting-edge technology and materials, most of them made in Spain such as the
top-resistance porcelain-ceramic surfaces, stay at the core of every business
project.
CALMA’s collections encompass a wide choice of styles and products (seating,
tables, sun loungers and sunshades) that can be configured in different ways and
sizes in order to fit perfectly different types of patios, gardens or balconies.
CALMA shows at the major international trade fairs, such as the Maison & Objet
in Paris, Spoga+Gafa in Cologne and Il Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan.
In 2015, CALMA has won the prestigious RED DOT: Best of Best Award for the
greound-breaking design of the OM sun shade, a creation of the young designer
Andreu Carulla for the brand.
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About the company

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Beatriz Sempere
plisplasdesigner
She moved to Italy where she kept on projecting furnishing accessories that
combined the Spanish tradition with a taste for more refined and harmonious
designs, yet linear and geometric at times. In the latest year, she has strengthened
her collaboration with CALMA, a brand that leaves her free to experiment with
forms, materials, innovative manufacturing processes and finishes. Other notable
collaborations include BlackTie, Loop&Co, Italcomma, ICONSfurniture, MIDJ and
the Italian designers Franco Poli and Pier Luigi Frighetto. In 2014, together with
Franco Poli, Beatriz founded the Sempere#Poli Design Studio.
Beatriz draws inspirations from lively and dynamic spaces. Her final objective is to
evoke emotions, and to carry it out she strives to create items which are different in
appearance but share the same essence: a combination of creativity, technology
and functionality. The PLIS PLAS chair is a clear exemplification of her personal
vision of design.
Born in Alicante (Spain) in 1975 and
graduated in Industrial Design at the
Polytechnic University in Valencia,
Beatriz Sempere specialized in
footwear design at the Technology
Education Center in Elche. Soon
afterwards she started a fruitful
collaboration with major companies of
the sector, such as Bata, Melluso,
Lumberjack, Zen, Astor Müller,
Panama Jack and Freemood. Her
real interest, however, was house
planning and all the issues related to
habitability. Forms and the way they
can complete the architecture of
interior spaces became the focus of
her personal research in that field.

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Starting from a 2mm polycarbonate board, with just a simple fold we change from 2D to
3D, obtaining an enveloping seat shell. The perimeter cut allows to get the standard
configuration, but we can also add some extra cuts to obtain endless variations in shape
and size. Once you have chosen the final shape, it’s time to personalize the look: you
may choose among a plain coloured PC board (white or transparent) and a 3mm
polyethylene board in red. Corporate logos, photos and bespoken designs are also
possible.
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A fun,
creative,
unique chair
in a blink of
the eye…

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To finish up, the seat
shell will be fixed with
just 4 screws to the
bichromated and
lacquered steel bar
frame.
Personalization
and creativity
at its utmost!

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Graphic patterns are
screen printed
directly on the
polycarbonate boards
following a traditional
printing system and
using a special UVA
ink suitable for
outdoor uses.
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Thanks to the versatile
concept which is at the
base of its design,
PLIS PLAS can easily
turn into a unparalleled
tool to promote the
corporate image of
enterprises, such as
fashion brands,
restaurants, hotels,
bars… Any brand that
wishes to boost its
image in the market
conveying values such
as creativity,
dynamism, thinking
outside the box, joy &
fun, wellbeing and
easy lifestyle…
plisplascorporate
A unique
promotional
tool…

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The combination of light yet
highly resistant materials makes
of PLIS PLAS the best option for
contract spaces…

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