Beetle Dining Chair
GamFratesi's shell dining chair for GUBI, conceived in 2013 with forms inspired by nature and now made upholstered, in plastic and in veneer.
- Designed by
- GamFratesi
- Made by
- GUBI
- First made
- 2013
Pictures © GUBI, from gubi.com.
Why it is renowned
The Beetle is the chair GamFratesi and GUBI built a working partnership on, and it has grown from one dining chair into a family of dining, meeting and lounge versions.12
The story
GamFratesi, the studio of the Danish architect Stine Gam and the Italian architect Enrico Fratesi, conceived the chair in 2013.2 Its forms are inspired by nature.1 The first chairs were upholstered; a shell of matt polypropylene came later, in seven colours and on several bases.1 Further versions followed: a swivel meeting chair, a moulded veneer shell, and the softer Beetle Soft.12
Sources
- Beetle Dining Chair, GUBI. gubi.com, read 1 October 2026.
- Gamfratesi, GUBI. gubi.com, read 1 October 2026.
Last checked 1 October 2026, against the maker's own pages.