This Recycled-Glass Armchair Turns a Half-Pipe Into Luxury Seating

Some chairs politely ask if you would like to sit down. The Half-Pipe armchair looks like it rolled into the room after winning a very expensive skateboarding tournament for gemstones.

This is the Gallotti&Radice Half-Pipe, a low sculptural armchair designed by Francesco Meda and David Lopez Quincoces for the Italian furniture house’s 2026 collection. It is not a chair that blends in, unless your living room already contains a museum gift shop, a jewel cave, and one person who keeps saying, “actually, that is recycled glass powder.”

The basic idea is wonderfully strange: take the familiar curve of a half-pipe, shrink it into a compact seat, give it a glossy mineral body, and make the whole thing feel like furniture discovered under a very stylish volcano. Gallotti&Radice says the chair is made from recycled BonBon Glass powder in the colors ciliegia, a deep cherry red, or menta-glaciale, a pale glacial mint. There is also a version made from travertine powder, because apparently even ancient flooring wanted a chance to become lounge seating.

A Chair For People Who Think Rectangles Have Had Enough Attention

The Half-Pipe measures 60 x 49 x 65.5 cm, or about 23.75 x 19.5 x 26 inches. That makes it more of a sculptural accent chair than a sprawling TV nap throne. It is compact, low, and deliberately architectural, the kind of piece that does not need to be huge to immediately start bossing around the room.

The shell wraps around the sitter in one continuous rounded gesture, while the base keeps the same curved language below. From the front, it has a broad smile of a backrest and a little tunnel under the seat, which gives the whole thing the posture of a chair that has plans after dinner. Satin nickel metal details add a small flash of hardware without turning it into a shiny robot throne.

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The optional seat cushion is made from non-deformable polyurethane foam and covered in leather fard, with the cover listed as not removable. In normal furniture language, that means it gets a proper cushion. In emotional furniture language, it means this tiny luxury half-pipe realized that humans are mostly water balloons with opinions and could use a softer landing.

The Materials Are The Main Event

The recycled glass version is the headline here. BonBon Glass powder gives the chair a speckled, almost candied mineral look, as if someone ground up a very glamorous hard candy and convinced it to attend Salone del Mobile. The cherry finish reads bold and dramatic, while the glacial mint finish feels cooler, quieter, and slightly more likely to judge your throw pillows.

• Recycled BonBon Glass powder shell available in cherry red or glacial mint.
• Travertine powder version for a warmer natural-stone look.
• Satin nickel metal details for a small refined hardware accent.
• Optional leather-covered foam cushion for a softer seat.
• Compact dimensions that make it work as a statement accent chair.

The travertine powder version takes the same silhouette and moves it into a more earthy, stone-like mood. It looks less like candy and more like a very fashionable ruin that learned ergonomics. Both approaches make the chair feel less like a normal object and more like something your home acquired after developing a taste for collector furniture.

It Is Furniture With Main Character Syndrome

Most accent chairs are still trying to convince you they are practical. The Half-Pipe has clearly moved past that phase. Yes, it is a chair. Yes, you can sit on it. But the real job is creating a moment: in a foyer, beside a low table, in a gallery-like living room, or anywhere someone might otherwise put a polite little side chair and then immediately forget it exists.

This thing is for the person who sees an empty corner and thinks, “What if that corner had a small architectural event?” It is not trying to be your desk chair, your recliner, your gaming command center, or the place where laundry goes to give up on itself. It is a compact design object that happens to offer a seat, which is frankly more than some sculptures have done for us lately.

The shape also gives it a surprising sense of humor. Calling it Half-Pipe is not subtle, and that is part of the charm. It looks like the chair version of a skateboard ramp after a trust fund, a design degree, and a strict Italian finishing process. The round back and base make it feel playful without turning it into novelty furniture, which is the dangerous cliff where many weird chairs fall directly into “why is this shaped like a hot dog?” territory.

Because the material choices are so specific, the chair can lean in different directions depending on the finish. Cherry is the dramatic one, the one that walks into the room wearing sunglasses indoors. Glacial mint is softer and more surreal, like a frozen dessert that became responsible. Travertine is the calm adult in the group, still unusual, but less likely to start a conversation with a stranger at a hotel bar.

Where It Fits Best

The Half-Pipe makes the most sense in interiors where one strong object can carry a whole corner. It would work in a design-forward living room, boutique hotel lobby, dressing room, gallery nook, studio, or any home where the furniture is allowed to have a little vocabulary. If your decor style is “gray couch, gray rug, gray regret,” this chair will either save the room or stage an intervention.

It is also a good reminder that sustainable material stories do not always have to look modest or apologetic. Recycled glass powder could have become something quiet and dutiful. Instead, it became a glossy sculptural chair that looks like it knows the lighting designer personally. That is a more entertaining future for leftovers than most of us get.

Classicdesign.it lists the Half Pipe Chair as a Salone ’26 piece and notes worldwide shipping, original specifications, quote-based configurations, and a starting price of EUR 2,379 including VAT. Gallotti&Radice lists it through its own product page and dealer request process, so final pricing can vary by finish, cushion choice, dealer, tax, and shipping.

• Product: Gallotti&Radice Half-Pipe armchair.
• Designers: Francesco Meda and David Lopez Quincoces.
• Year: 2026.
• Materials: recycled BonBon Glass powder or travertine powder.
• Finishes: ciliegia cherry, menta-glaciale mint, or travertine.
• Dimensions: 60 x 49 x 65.5 cm.
• Optional cushion: non-deformable polyurethane foam with leather fard cover.
• Listed price: from EUR 2,379 including VAT through Classicdesign.it, with configurations quoted to order.

If you have been looking for a chair that says “please sit” and “please respect my mineral journey” at the same time, the Half-Pipe is available through Gallotti&Radice and listed by Classicdesign.it with configuration options and dealer-style ordering.

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