anyway, but we also use melamine resin for the finish, giving it a wear-resistant decorative surface,” explains Jeroen Slangen. Exclusive design It is a fallacy that melamine is used mainly to produce “cheap” products. In fact, it is also used in exclusive interiors and furnishings. Françoise Oostwegel’s Fyrsta chair is a good example. “It’s made of molded plywood,” says Jeroen. “It’s a unique chair for which we’ve created a special mold. The chair was presented during Dutch Design Week and it generated a lot of interest. As furniture makers that was very flattering for us. It shows us how much you can do with melamine and it gives us enormous freedom as interior construction specialists. We can build absolutely anything we want with it.” 26 melamine
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