Sixinch: Growth by the Inch!
By now most industry folks have at least heard of sixinchR, a new brand introduced to the North American market at NeoCon 2013. But its story begins in Belgium in the early 2000s. At that time, Michel Sels was running his family’s mannequin business and had met an art student named Pieter Jamart. Pieter was involved in an art/design study exploring various coating applications, and ultimately the two working together developed the proprietary process that is used to finish the sixinch products. The polyurethane-based coating process produces an almost skin-like surface that is pliable and pleasant to the touch. It is impervious to weather, allowing for outdoor use and also to liquid spills, in the case of use indoors. The coating works well on a number of substrates, as is perfectly demonstrated by the Louis II Chair. But the duo soon came to the realization that their coating combined with …
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