Officina collection: chair & stool 2015
Officina film by Juriaan Booij
Officina chair and stool are the next step of our on-going experimentation with iron in collaboration with Italian design company Magis. Officina chair and stool enlarge the collection of tables presented last year.
For Officina chair and stool, we used the same construction geometry as tables and we associated the wrought iron to a shell made in injected plastic - which also comes wrapped in leather.
Magis Spa, Italy
Wrought iron - the shaping of iron by hammering - is one of the oldest techniques for making objects.
For Magis Officina collection, we wanted to work with this ancient process and give it a new visual language.
The result is a system of legs with a newly made geometrical shape. As structural elements, they can create furniture of extreme sophistication, refinement and harmony. The surface of wrought iron is alive and imperfect, which lends the objects a special vibration.
By reflecting th
e random, mechanical traces of the tools that gave them shape, these pieces bring a breath of fresh air to the industrial scheme.
This new geometry is used to construct a large range of tables with tops of different size and nature (steel, wood, glass) as well as a chair and a stool with a injected plastic shell in different finishes (leather or plastic).
