SUMMIT Bench System 
TORNO Chair 
SUI Desk Chair 
Description Proto is a series of curved, upholstered chairs, sofas, benches and stools, working as a dynamic dwelling, referencing huts more than rooms with four walls. The way +Halle and Ross developed the design of the upholstery together for the Proto collection contributed to a qualitative, tailored and comforting finish. As the intuition is to turn the seats, the collection proofs an interesting flexible landscape of open and closed encounters. The installation of Proto is not only fundamentally adaptable to its context but also flexible to any environment—a testament that the use of Proto is constantly evolving.
The Proto Family11
The Proto Chair Out03
Kvadrat Still 941
Proto family gallery22
The PROTO Collection was made as part of our ‘Annual Briefing’
AB–01: Dwelling
The Proto collection is Nick Ross’ interpretation of +Halle®’s brief on dwelling, inspired by our desire to seek shelter from an over-stimulated public realm. “I was thinking literately about what I felt the word dwelling meant, and it brought me back to an early type of refuge,” says Scottish-born, Stockholm-based designer Nick Ross, “I wanted to create a feeling of a primal place, for instance, tucking yourself into a corner.”
Nick Ross’ Stockholm-based design practice takes refreshing inspiration from philosophy and art.
