Pierre Paulin’s F300 lounge chair earned its place in MoMA’s permanent collection for good reason. With its angular geometry built for ergonomic comfort, the seat was perfectly suited to the casual and comfort-forward aesthetics of its time, welcoming users to sit in all manner of positions.

“The F300 perfectly embodies my father’s approach to design and the balance between sculpture, elegance and comfort he sought in his work,” says Benjamin Paulin, who guided Gubi’s revival of his dad’s chair. “It is rooted in research and a practical understanding of how people sit. It is almost impossible not to relax when you sit in it.”

Produced in HiREK, an engineered polymer made from industrial plastic waste, Gubi’s iteration of the F300 is just as durable but more eco-conscious than the original fibreglass version. That’s not to mention that the material boasts an inherent high-gloss surface without additional finishing processes, minimizing production waste.

Though its contoured form and novel material palette felt futuristic when it first debuted, the F300 lounge chair remains singular in its design language even six decades later. “We don’t bring anything back because of nostalgia,” explains Gubi’s CEO, Marie Kristine Schmidt. “We bring it back because we feel that it is relevant now.”