ro lounge chair and ottoman
Design Jaime Hayon,
2013
Glass fiber reinforced plastic, leather, metal
"We worked intensively with the chair's shape because it should be both comfortable and utterly elegant" -Jaime Hayon
The world-renowned Spanish designer Jaime Hayon working together with Fritz Hansen have created today's answer to tomorrow's easy chair. A chair where you can find room for your inner space and take a break from the hectic bustle of everyday life.
Ro™ is much more than an easy chair. It's a 1½-seater where you can relax, change positions and have your newspaper, computer or child next to you and create a new comfort zone. The design of the shell is elegant and simple, pleasing to both the eye and the body and offers the promise of tranquility in both its visual expression and its comfortable functionality. Furthermore, the form of the shell gives you the choice of being part of what goes on in the room or relaxing in your own private space.
"Ro" means tranquility in Danish. The name was chosen because it captures the point of the chair in just two letters, thus reflecting the Nordic approach and concept of beauty. Ro is made with great craftsmanship and in the highest sustainable quality. Combined with the sculptural and elegant design, the result is a functional and aesthetic chair that fascinates its surroundings. One seems to fall in love with it.
chair: 800 w | 860 d | 1130 h
ottoman: 600 w | 400 d | 380 h
With a foundation in skateboarding and graffiti art, Jaime Hayon studied industrial design in Madrid and Paris. He continued his education in 1997 at Fabrica, a design and communication academy founded by Benetton, where he had the opportunity to work with Oliviero Toscani. He also studied in the first class of the IED Industrial Design course in Madrid. Fifteen years later, Hayon is the director of the Master of European Design Labs of IED Madrid. Hayon’s work mixes art and design; his industrial design often maintains a craft base. Now internationally known, he has completed projects worldwide.

Danish furniture manufacturer FRITZ HANSEN is the oldest furniture manufacturer in Northern Europe and was founded in Copenhagen in 1872 in Copenhagen, Denmark. After a hundred years, it has become the largest furniture designer in Northern Europe with the largest collection of Nordic architects, from ARNE JACOBSON to POUL KJAERHOLM to VERNER PANTON to PIET HEIN.
In the early 1930s, the positioning of its operations was finally established as: the manufacture of beautiful furniture with high quality in line with industrial processes. Decades of evolutionary change, Fritz Hansen is still a design that blends tradition with contemporary popular thinking. The business axis emphasizes a unique and stylish brand image that focuses on lifestyle.
What Fritz Hansen pursues: Throughout its design is its timeless self-innovation and time-tested aesthetics, and the return to the purest true beauty through a comfortable, restrained and transcendental design.
Unparalleled uniqueness and innovation, like excellent art sculpture, blurs the boundary between design and art, through the visual sense of stimulation, with its minimalist style of extreme texture, subtle expression of the design, Fritz Hansen is still an indicator of European design.
Cross-border cooperation between brands is a commonplace for Fritz Hansen, from bisazza to Louis Vuitton, and its interpretation has been reinfused with the essence of Fritz Hansen.
Fritz Hansen's highly regarded classic collection includes a range of the most iconic furniture from renowned Danish architects and designers, including Arne Jacobsen's EggTM, SwanTM and Series 7TM chairs, and PoulKjærholm's PK22TM chair and PK80TM. sofa bed.
It is not only regarded as a top-class home boutique, but also a collection of treasures favored by art collectors worldwide.