Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec Design First Furniture Collection for Vitra Using 100% Recycled Aluminium
The Bouroullec brothers' new Allumette collection for Vitra uses 100% post-consumer recycled aluminium across a table and seating family, achieving a 72% reduction in embodied carbon versus virgin-aluminium production while maintaining Vitra's precision manufacturing standards.
Vitra Press Office·April 18, 2026
Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec's Allumette table and chair collection for Vitra uses die-cast 100% post-consumer recycled aluminium certified under the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative, achieving a 72% reduction in embodied carbon versus virgin-aluminium casting while maintaining the precision surface quality Vitra is known for.
Vitra CEO Nora Fehlbaum said the collaboration 'shows that the highest standards of European craft manufacturing and circular economy principles are fully compatible.' The Allumette collection is priced at parity with equivalent virgin-aluminium products — marking the first time Vitra has achieved cost-neutral circular materials at commercial scale.
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