tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5266849793731724246.post3760983540248713625..comments2009-06-16T12:53:16.687-07:00lavarderahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07241073948874188058noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5266849793731724246.post-33838552903792440742008-11-19T02:00:52.000-08:002008-11-19T02:00:52.000-08:00my 70&#39;s era Herman Miller shell chairs are still fiberglass - I&#39;m not sure when they made the change. I&#39;m not a big fan of polypropolyne - its a great material for a chair back and seat, strong and flexible, but it gets dirty and won&#39;t come clean. Something about polyprop attracts this very fine black dust, gets into the grain of any surface texture and is impossible to wash off.<br>lavarderahttp://blog.lamidesign.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5266849793731724246.post-40089245722464671812008-11-19T01:49:10.000-08:002008-11-19T01:49:10.000-08:00Love the shell chairs! What I find more interesting is that Herman Miller chooses to make the chair from polypropylene, while Modernica uses the traditional fiberglass. It&#39;s hard to say which is the better choice: the polypropylene is easier to recycle but probably less durable, while the fiberglass will probably hold up better over time but would be more difficult to recycle. Fiberglass recycling seems to be a specialty business and not something you could just toss in with your household bottles and cans.. Luckily I got some hand-me-down 70&#39;s shell chairs from my grandfather which will probably last another 30 years!<br>jwhttp://materialsnooze.tumblr.com/noreply@blogger.com