THINK AND PRODUCE PLASTIC, DIFFERENTLY.
Two Brothers, One Project
Polimair is a design studio founded in 2022 by Arthur and Léo Gaudenz, two brothers driven by a strong conviction: to change our perception of plastic by creating demanding, durable, and innovative design objects. Far from the image of disposable plastic, Polimair advocates a return to its original use — a noble, technical material designed to last. Contrary to a generation that seeks to glorify waste, Polimair chooses to sublimate the material itself.
Through pieces mass-produced using industrial tools designed to avoid scraps and rework, the studio champions a radically circular design, without compromising between aesthetics, functionality, and environmental impact. Plastic furniture that doesn't feel hollow — neither in form nor in intention.
Polimair transforms already produced plastic into a resource to be reinvented — through design, technique, and use. A design to live with, to repair, to pass on.
What We Want to Prove
Polimair's challenge is to change perceptions about plastic. First, our own, by creating striking and high-quality objects that transform our relationship with the material, and then, by extension, plastic in general. The material we throw away every day is the same material that can give birth to an exceptional object. It is this shift that interests us.
Polimair is simultaneously a design brand, an impact company, and an industrial startup. We haven't chosen between these definitions – we're forging our own path, producing the furniture we want to see exist. With a conviction that has never left us: the functional and the beautiful go together, always both, never one without the other. This is what the Jean Prouvés, Hans Wegners, Poul Kjærholms, and Charlotte Perriands of this world taught us. Designers who told different stories but always shared this certainty. We hope to echo and contribute to this in our turn.
Two Questions
Every year in France, 4.5 million tons of plastic waste are generated, and only 26% of it is recycled; over 3.5 million tons of furniture are discarded.
Why can't we recycle?
Why do we continue to buy disposable furniture?
The answer is simple: plastic no longer holds any value in our eyes. And because it doesn't, the industry always produces cheaper, always faster—multi-material, breakable objects that are impossible to sort, impossible to recycle. It's this same logic that leads us all to buy disposable furniture. Polimair was born from a humble observation: sustainable design too often focuses on highlighting its waste rather than truly working with the material and form. Our response is different—for plastic to be better recycled, it must first be made desirable. And desirable furniture is furniture that lasts.
Two Questions
In just a few years, Polimair has quickly made a name for itself on the international design scene, featuring in prestigious locations such as the Centre Pompidou and Grand Palais boutiques, and with renowned distributors like Voltex. We are present every year at Milan Design Week and Paris Design Week – two events where design is authentic.
Winner of the Equip'Hôtel Innovation Awards, the Decarbonize Trophies, and the prestigious French Design 100, which recognizes the top 100 French design projects worldwide, Polimair is a notable brand to watch closely.
Our first piece of furniture, the BELUGA chair, was joined in 2026 by the Baiji stool, thus inaugurating the beginning of a collection of a different kind.
