StratFlex® Technology
Award-Winning Designer Furniture
Award-Winning Designer Furniture
StratFlex® in its simplest form is a laminated, composite material that through flat bed CNC routing and the introduction of flexible polymer material into routed channels may produce flat-pack; 2D and 3D forming; hinging and structural forms with a soft ergonomic response. The final form needs static restraint which may be given by secondary rigid frames; triangulation of shape; flexible inlays with memory; flexible inlays without memory for permanent deformation – tensile or compression structural ties or struts.
The award-winning StratFlex® Skin single, double and three seater armchair is a flat pack system which consists of a suspended StratFlex® ‘skin’ made from Birch Plywood over a locally sourced and sustainable Saligna frame.
A video showing assembly of the StratFlex® Skin.
Meticulously manufactured locally from Birch plywood, the StratFlex® Impi all-purpose chair. The revolutionary StratFlex® Technology in both the seat and the backrest allow the Impi to easily conform to the body shape and weight of the user.
The StratFlex® Orbit is a sleek and minimal flat-pack coffee table. Making use of the new KiwiClip® the Orbit comprises of two sheets which clip together to form a solid and rigid coffee table only 13mm thick, featuring a storage space below for your favorite magazines and books.
A three-dimensional, sculptural piece made with the award-winning StratFlex® technology. The Rhino may be flexed by the owner to express different stances such as; head up or down; tail up or down etc.
Design for Children by Kimberlie Birks is a comprehensive, genre-defining survey of children's product and furniture design from Bauhaus to today published by Phaidon.com. The StratFlex® Rhino, designed by our founder Al Stratford, is featured in this great publication and we are truly honoured.
Publisher's WebsiteIt may be a little hard to tell just how big the StratFlex® Rhino is in real life, so we made a handy scale reference. Don't worry he'll fit through the door!
Impala (small antelope), is our 'go-to', lightweight, flat-pack chair, designed specifically with ultimate versatility in mind.
Induna, the Zulu name for 'Chief', is a flat-pack table, designed specifically with compact shipping in mind. It is made of 18 mm Birch laminate, finished in a hard wearing, water resistant smooth matt coating; and hinged with full grained natural veg tan leather acting as a scuffing / protective edge, for flat pack format.