Buba high chair

On view at X-D-E-P-O-T
Shelf 8: Kid's World
DesignStudio Dipol (Busse, Simon / Medugorac, Kostas)
ProductionRuch Novaplast GmbH + Co. KG
ClientMagazin Warenhandelsgesellschaft mbH
Date Execution2006
Date Draft2005
DesignStudio Dipol (Busse, Simon / Medugorac, Kostas)
ProductionRuch Novaplast GmbH + Co. KG
ClientMagazin Warenhandelsgesellschaft mbH
Date Execution2006
Date Draft2005

The Buba was designed by Simon Busse and Kostas Medugorac (back then: Studio Dipol) and it is ideally adapted to children’s needs. The plastic material can be wiped clean, is durable, light, and can be recycled. In industry, it is also used for shock absorbers and owing to its dampening properties reduces noise. The chair is suitable for indoor and outdoor purposes and can be used in three different positions: first as a seat (its height makes it suitable for children aged three and older); laid on the backrest it functions as a stool with the seating area two centimeters higher; and thirdly when tipped forward children can straddle it and use the backrest as a table. Several chairs combined create seating units, labyrinths, and walls. The striking name is also ingenious: “Bubamara” means ladybird and is a Croatian nickname. In this way, the name of Kostas Medugorac’s aunt has forever been linked to the kids’ chair.

  • Child with chair Buba
    © studio dipol
  • Three ways to use the Buba chair, advertising photography
    © studio dipol

Further detail

DesignStudio Dipol (Busse, Simon / Medugorac, Kostas)
ProductionRuch Novaplast GmbH + Co. KG
ClientMagazin Warenhandelsgesellschaft mbH
Date Execution2006
Date Draft2005
Place of productionOberkirch, Germany
Place of commissionBenningen, Germany
Size Höhe: 62 cm, Sitzhöhe: 34 cm, Breite: 30 cm, Tiefe: 37 cm, 1.6 kg.
MaterialPlastic, EPP = expandable Polypropylene, Orangerot
ColourRot, Orange, Green
GenreFurniture
Inventory no662/2008 1,2
AccessionDonation MAGAZINE