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Laleggera chair by Riccardo Blumer in black lacquered wood, 1990s
SILVER Seller in Milano, Italia
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The LaLeggera chair is, as its name suggests, an unusually light stackable chair, consisting of a wooden frame to which two thin layers of veneer are applied, and whose cavities are filled with polyurethane resin. The chair exploits the potential of veneer, a material (usually wood) used to cover another, usually less noble, underlying material. The chair can in fact be interpreted as a reinterpretation of the modernist motto "fidelity to materials". The LaLeggera chair suggests comfort by combining the old and the new, without forcing the user to consciously notice it. Italian architect and designer Riccardo Blumer has focused his career on exploring the qualities of lightness, towards an idea of lightness for its own sake, which in his words "has a lot to express". The LaLeggera chair owes much to its elegant predecessor, Gio Ponti's lightweight Superleggera of 1957. The chair is named in its honour, reintroducing the term "light" in the sense of light, agile and fast, as a kind of homage to its progenitor. While the Superleggera weighs only 1750 grams, the LaLeggera chair is a little heavier, but still a feather. It won a Compasso d'Oro in 1998, much to the surprise of Alias who, despite its deep dedication to the project, had not anticipated the number of requests that would have required a dedicated production facility. In 2009 the project became part of the permanent collection of MoMA in New York.
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We remind you that your purchases are submitted to items availability in the Seller's store: if the item is not available, you'll be notified and intOndo will immediately send you the money back.
