In 1995, we, Britt Haselbach, Teaching profession Design and Sport, with focus on Sports Medicine, and Rainer Kespohl, qualified Social Education worker, founded Mira-ART®. Our intention was to create furniture that enhances the feeling of relaxation and well-being and that supports healthy sitting postures. Seating furniture of a different ART.

Every beginning is difficult. We invested a lot of time in the development of our products. Their intended use was clear, but we were occupied with other issues: What should the structure of the material be like? What shape and design should the furniture have? Questions and assignments that required a great deal of creativity and innovation. We did not wish to use static materials, such as cane, bamboo, metal or tightly-knitted fabric.

On a study trip through South India we discovered a very simple type of cane hanging furniture. A hanging chair that was fixed at one point in the ceiling, could freely swing in all directions and which swayed on it own axis. We got to know about a new sitting experience and were delighted with it.

From that time on, our aim was to find a material that could adapt naturally and individually to a user, but without restricting the freedom of movement. To prevent any kind of pressure load, the material had to be breathing, elastic and, at the same time, resilient.

After several years of development work, we are happy to present our perfected hanging chairs to you. From hanging chair to TRAUMSCHWINGER …