Contemporary chair LANUDA

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With Lanuda, Riccardo Blumer evolves his design research on seats, moving from the wood of Laleggera (1996) to aluminium. Should Laleggera and Lanuda embody the same principle of essential subtraction - the former employing minimal wood thicknesses in a box structure, the latter utilising aluminium sheets crafted with a reticular logic - it is with Lanuda that this research reaches its extreme limit. The seat takes shape from ten aluminium sheets with a thickness of just 2 mm, which undergo a process of laser cutting and drilling to the maximum possible limit, reducing the surface area to a minimum and making the seat, in fact, nude (in Italian “La nuda” means “The nude”). The result is a stackable chair characterised by a rich and complex design. A special processing of aluminium creates a series of triangulations with structural membranes that are folded and secured by mechanical rivets. Lanuda is available in total black, a colour choice that emphasises the graphic nature of its essential lines and the strong character of its design. With this project, Alias confirms its commitment to experimentation and innovation, a journey already established by the success of Laleggera, consistently in production since 1996.