Can is a lounge chair designed by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec for HAY, conceived around a fundamental ambition to reinvigorate the lounge chair category — to move it from something inherently complicated and visually imposing to something simple, relaxed, and accessible without compromising on the qualities of comfort and design intelligence that justify a lounge chair's presence in a space. The Can comes flat-packed and can be assembled at home from three basic elements: frame, cover, and cushions.

This three-element construction logic reflects the Bouroullec brothers' characteristic interest in making the structure of a design visible and comprehensible — the Can is honest about how it is made and how it comes apart, and this transparency of construction supports both its practical usability and its long-term maintainability. Covers can be changed when required, cushions can be replaced, and the frame provides the enduring structural foundation. The result is a chair of genuine lounge comfort that is also adaptable and practically intelligent over its lifetime.

The Can Lounge Chair is well suited to residential living rooms and reading spaces where a relaxed, comfortable lounge chair of considered Scandinavian design quality is the brief. Its flat-pack assembly and replaceable cover system make it particularly appropriate for settings where adaptability and practical longevity are valued alongside formal quality, including hospitality environments and any context where the ability to refresh the chair's appearance over time is a useful consideration.

HAY produces the Can to the material and construction standards consistent with its broader lounge chair range, with the replaceable cover system supporting long-term adaptability.

Available as a 2D DWG drawing and 3D model.