Lapalma Arco S211 Chair

Greatest comfort, versatility and sober elegance characterize ARCO, the new product launched by lapalma at Salone del Mobile 2016. Signed by Francesco Rota, the art director of the brand, ARCO is an eclectic chair with a main feature: an elegant backrest of curved wood goes around the seat until it almost disappears inside that, creating a refined aesthetical continuum. ARCO is as comfortable and embracing as a small armchair: it welcomes your back providing not only lumbar support but also good side support, thanks to the uniform curving of wood. The comfortable solid wood seat is proposed in a version essentially focused on matter or in an even more comfortable upholstered version, to be covered in leather and eco leather, or in one of the many fabrics in the collection. The padded seat is designed with a very large shape and a certain internal thickness, in order to ensure maximum comfort despite of the slim and streamlined shaping. The backrest, with its characteristic arched shape, is iconic. Rigorous and eclectic in the bleached oak or natural ash versions, and with a contemporary flavor in its white lacquered or black open pore variants, it may even be slightly padded, giving the chair a more accentuated comfort. Available with different bases, Arco satisfies every need, bringing in a home or in an office, in elegant contract spaces, bars or restaurants the balanced and comfortable essentiality of lapalma.

MEASUREMENTS:

• Height: 78 cm / 30.7 inch
• Width: 47 cm / 18.5 inch
• Depth: 48 cm / 19 inch
• Seat Height: 45 cm / 17.7 inch

MATERIALS:

• Wood, Fabric

Francesco Rota

Spain, 1966

Francesco Rota graduated in product design at Art Center College of Design in 1994, La Tour de Peilz (Switzerland) where he opened his own studio in 1998 and works in different fields of design: product, furniture , lighting, showrooms, offices, residential interiors and events.
International collaborations: Alchemy, Arketipo, Bals Tokyo, Barilla, Driade, Fiat, Frag, John Richmond, Knoll International, KME Italy, Lapalma, Lema, Living Divani, L’Oreal Paris, Malo, Martini & Rossi, Mercedes Benz, Moroso, Paola Lenti, Oluce, Takano Co.Ltd, Versus.

Francesco Rota has been awarded with two honorable mentions for the Compasso d’Oro with ‘Linea’ and ‘Island’, which are today in the Historical Collection of the ADI Compasso d’Oro Award, with a Special Mention for the German Design Award 2014 (by the German Design Council) with the product ‘Daydream’, with the MIAW, Muuuz International Design Award, in 2013 with the product ’Frame On’ and in 2014 with the product ’Smile’ and with the Interior Design Best of the Year Awards 2014 with the product ‘Cloud’. In 2013 he was finalist for the Wallpaper Judges’ Award in the section ‘Designer of the Year’.

He has taken part in several exhibitions held at: St. Etienne Biennale du Design, Hannover Messe, Triennale di Milano, Reggia di Venaria Reale_Torino, Moss_New York, Material Connection_New York, Biennale di Architettura_Venezia,Royal Academy of Arts_Londra, The Merchandise Mart_Chicago, Miami Design Distrisct, Biltmore Fashion Park_Phoenix, Bellerive Museum_Zurich.

Since May 2004 he has taught in the Master Research Study Program in Industrial Design at the Istituto Europeo di Design, in collaboration with Magis. From 2013 he is the art director of Lapalma.

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