branca stool
Design Sam Hecht,
2009
Mattiazzi Branca Stool
The Branca Stool combines the precision of technology and the warmth of hand craftsmanship. As with its chair and table counterparts, the design found inspiration in the way tree branches (“branca” in Italian) bend, meet, and branch. The stool’s slender wood legs join and cross to support a contoured seat, and extend upward to form a supportive backrest. A curved metal footrest replicates the outline of the seat. Available in two heights, the stool comes in chocolate brown/natural anilin ash, green anilin waxed ash, natural waxed ash, white anilin ash, and black anilin ash; the painted footrest comes in a choice of black or white.
410W*420D*870H
Among contemporary furniture manufacturers, Mattiazzi, the family owned producer of wooden furniture in Udine, Italy, is uncommon. While many producers in that region rely on third party factories and work in diverse materials, Mattiazzi operates with their own machines and hands, and has developed a healthy obsession for woodworking. Since 1978, when brothers Nevio and Fabiano Mattiazzi founded the company, Mattiazzi has steadily cultivated its local manufacturing culture. Their network of wood shops is diverse enough to support any manufacturing process the brand may need. Every shop has its own focus, from milling to lacquering, and a particular process always belongs to a specific part of town. But don’t let the neighborhood approach confuse you: Mattiazzi is no backyard shop. Their highly specialized craftsmen operate the most sophisticated machinery available to the wood industry. An eight-axis CNC milling machine allows wood to take the complex shapes associated with injection-molded plastic. Operating such a machine is an art and Mattiazzi disproves the modern myth that mechanized manufacturing is not a craft.