Design That Endures: High Tech Chair Wins as Best Outdoor Dining Chair at Livingetc Awards
- Harry Ashton
- Aug 7
- 2 min read
An icon reissued and winner of the Outdoor Living Style Awards. High Tech brings the spirit of Livingetc interiors to the garden.
A standout among this year’s Livingetc Outdoor Living Style Award winners, High Tech by Swedish heritage brand Grythyttan Stålmöbler was named Best Outdoor Dining Chair and for good reason.
Originally designed in 1984 by modernist architect Nisse Strinning, the chair has been quietly waiting in the wings;its reissue arriving just in time for a new era of considered outdoor living.
"This lightweight shape is ideal," notes Livingetc's Editor-in-Chief, Sarah Spiteri. “It brings the spirit of our interiors outside.”
A Modern Classic Reimagined
The High Tech chair strikes a rare balance: its sleek, floating steel frame appears almost weightless, while delivering a gentle, architectural rocking motion that makes it as relaxing as it is refined. The seat’s structural elegance is underpinned by decades of craft, Grythyttan Stålmöbler has been making enduring outdoor furniture in Sweden since the 1930s.
This isn’t just patio furniture. It's a sculpture you can sit in.
Named Best Outdoor Dining Chair by Livingetc: Here’s Why
In a field crowded with furniture that plays it safe, High Tech stood out. The chair’s minimal silhouette and design-led integrity echo the principles of high-end interior styling only now translated for the outdoors.
According to the Livingetc Awards, the chair excels not only in form and comfort but also in how it frames a space. Whether used solo or around a table, it creates a moment.
New Colourways for a New Generation
This reissue sees High Tech released in fresh, contemporary colourways from earthy neutrals to playful, expressive hues. Each one recontextualizes the chair’s profile: softened for gardens, sharpened for city balconies, made joyful for long lunch tables under open skies.
The palette is an intentional evolution, designed to move fluidly between outdoor and indoor zones, a nod to the way many of us live now.
Available Now
Winner of the Outdoor Living Style Award and now stocked by Project Project, the High Tech chair is available in limited colourways online and in store.
This is outdoor dining, redefined.
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