Fortum: The Self-Rising Virén Chair

To demonstrate what recycled plastics can do, Fortum has developed a chair made from Fortum Circo recycled plastic produced from post-consumer plastic waste. The self-rising Virén Chair is inspired by Lasse Viren, a Finnish long-distance runner who fell in the middle of the 10,000-metre final in the Munich Olympics. The odds were not in his favour, but he got up, won gold, and set a new world record. The chair has been developed together with a variety of professionals from engineers to physicists and researchers. Fortum's creative partner behind the idea is TBWAHelsinki and the prototype has been 3D printed together with Maker3D.