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Kettal Giro recycled rope sofa on a teak base, teak patio furniture by Vincent Van Duysen

Kettal Giro, drawn by Vincent Van Duysen in 2021, builds its seats from rope that is sewn together until it becomes the shape of the piece. The rope is recycled polypropylene, and the sofas stand on bases of solid teak. It is teak patio furniture with a soft, stitched surface where most outdoor seating has slats or an open frame.

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Designer
Vincent Van Duysen
Launched
2021
Pieces
10
Made from
Recycled polypropylene rope, Teak, Fabric

sewn from rope

Van Duysen names the Orkney chair as his main reference, a vernacular piece whose back was made of real rope. Giro keeps the stitched construction and swaps the old fiber for recycled polypropylene, which can be produced in a factory and left outside all year. His stated aim was respect for the craft tradition, carried out with the know-how Kettal already has.

The seating runs from a garden chair with armrests and a folding chair with armrests to a fabric armchair, sofas in two and three seat lengths, and a sectional garden sofa. The two seater is offered with the arm on the right, on the left or with none, which lets several of them line up in a row. Every sofa rests on a teak base.

The tables sit low and wide. There is a low round coffee table in two sizes and an oval coffee table, both in teak with ceramic tops, plus a round cement coffee table in two sizes and a rectangular teak and ceramic table, also in two sizes. Ceramic and cement do not fade in sun, which suits a table that stays out all summer.

Polypropylene rope does not rot and dries quickly after a shower. The teak weathers to gray unless it is oiled once or twice a season. As a Kettal Giro set grows from one chair to a full lounge, the palette stays short: rope, wood, clay. That restraint suits a covered city terrace as well as a lawn by the water.

Rope stitched into a seat, the Orkney way.

Kettal Giro on a terrace, catalog photograph

giro pieces

Every piece below is built to order. Prices come back by email with finishes and lead time for your address.

  • Kettal Giro garden chair with armrests Garden chair with armrests
  • Folding chair with armrests
  • 3 seater garden sofa
  • 2 seater garden sofa
  • Low round coffee table
  • Garden sofa
  • Oval coffee table
  • Rectangular table
  • Fabric garden armchair with armrests
  • Round cement coffee table

how giro is built

The garden chair with armrests carries the whole idea in one piece. The drawing numbers four parts.

Line drawing of a Kettal Giro chair with its materials numbered 1 2 3 4
  1. 01Stitched back recycled polypropylene rope sewn row by row
  2. 02Armrests both Giro chairs come with arms
  3. 03Teak frame solid wood that weathers to gray
  4. 04Seat rope surface that drains and dries fast

specifications

Materials as Kettal lists them for Giro. Sizes and finish charts come with the quote.

Kettal Giro: materials by piece. Prices on request.
PieceFrameSeat, top or shadeGood to know
Garden chair with armrestsTeakRecycled polypropylene ropeRope sewn into the shape
Folding chair with armrestsOn requestRopeFolding
Fabric armchairOn requestFabricWith armrests
2 seater sofaTeak baseRope and fabricRight arm, left arm or armless
3 seater sofaTeak baseRope and fabricLongest fixed sofa
Sectional sofaTeak baseRope and fabricSectional
Round and oval coffee tablesTeakCeramic topLow round in 2 sizes
Round cement coffee tableCementCement topRound, 2 sizes
Rectangular tableTeakCeramic top2 sizes

Giro was drawn by Vincent Van Duysen. The rope is sewn into the form itself, a nod to the Orkney chair.

Other Vincent Van Duysen pieces

pairs well with

Collections that sit well next to Giro, by material and by scale.

01 Kettal Roll strapped cushion seating roll Patricia Urquiola · strapped cushion seating 02 Kettal Bitta Lounge rope lounge seating bitta lounge Rodolfo Dordoni · rope lounge seating 03 Kettal Grand Bitta braided cord lounge grand bitta Rodolfo Dordoni · braided cord lounge

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price kettal giro

Name the Giro pieces you want and where they will stand. Pricing, finishes and lead time come back by email.

  1. 01A Kettal specialist reads the request and replies within one business day.
  2. 02The reply lists the pieces, the finish and fabric options, and a price for each.
  3. 03Lead time and freight to your address are confirmed with the factory before you commit.
  4. 04Fabric and finish samples can ship to you before anything is ordered.

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