chiaro chair
Design Leon Ransmeier,
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Simple, bright, and confident, the Chiaro Chair is an everyday stacking chair. Chiaro, which means “straightforward” or “clear” in Italian, reflects the design’s modest character and the designer’s distilling of the form to the essence of what a chair should be—familiar, comfortable, and beautiful. Chiaro’s uncomplicated character also shows through in the chair’s construction. Connections between parts are direct and efficient; the structure under the seat resulted from a need to simplify the joinery while reducing the number of parts. Available with or without armrests, the chair comes in natural waxed oak and in natural waxed ash in several color finishes.
570W*510D*800H
490W*5000D*810H
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.