The Fold family of objects uses steel sheet as the fundamental material of its design. The interconnection of its various components, whether in the form of steel sheets of different thicknesses or steel rods, gives these objects an ethereal appearance while remaining solid in use.

design: Philippe Meyer

Bench

Table and Single seat

Bench and Single seat

Bench with Table

Finishes

Dimensions

Bench

Single seat

Technical features

Seat made of steel sheet with a thickness of 2 mm.
Leg made of steel sheet with a thickness of 5 mm, welded to the top.
Metal components coated with epoxy powder paint for indoor use.
Floor supports in black nylon.

About Philippe Meyer

After his studies in architecture in Marseille in 1985, Philippe Meyer joined the Jourda-Perraudin firm in Lyon in 1986 and participated in the design and construction of the Lyon School of Architecture. In 1987, he joined the Reinhard und Partner office in Bern, and in 1989 he began teaching architectural design at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. He won several competitions and in 1992 founded Meyer & Bouvier Architectes in Berne, followed by Geneva in 1995. After three further successes, including the Faculty of Psychology for the University of Geneva in 1997, the agency was commissioned to work on numerous and varied projects, and in particular won second prize for the fitting out of the Credit Suisse building in Zurich. Philippe Meyer continued to teach for twelve years at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and the Institute of Architecture of the University of Geneva, and since 2004 has been working independently. Author of the architecture catalogue for the 700th anniversary of the Swiss Confederation in 1991, active member of the SIA and the FAS, Philippe Meyer has also been the publishing director of the architecture magazine FACES since 2009. The Philippe Meyer Architecte sàrl agency, founded in 2017, was awarded the SIA Distinction in 2018 for the construction of a hotel in the old town of Geneva, and was selected to participate in the Venice Architecture Biennale. In the same year, he led a workshop on “elasticity” at the Porto School of Architecture. The Best Architects Distinction was awarded for the construction of a villa in Cologny-Geneva in 2019 and for the construction of a rental complex in Corsier-Geneva in 2021. From 2021, different interior design projects and furniture design projects:
Transformation and interior design for Swiss Confederation in Paris in 2022. Transformation and design furniture for a retail and investment office in Geneva 2023-24. Housing project, condominium and cultural project in Geneva in study 2023-25. A monography of the agency’s main works was published by Quart Verlag in 2018.

design: Flare (Alessandra Cianchetta & Veruska Vasconez)

ABOUT FLARE STUDIO

“Flare Studio is Alessandra Cianchetta & Veruska Vasconez. Limited editions. Bespoke collectibles. Custom-made furniture and habitable structures focusing on contemporary art, hospitality and lifestyle. Collaborations with brands and artists.”

design: Flare (Alessandra Cianchetta & Veruska Vasconez)

ABOUT FLARE STUDIO

“Flare Studio is Alessandra Cianchetta & Veruska Vasconez. Limited editions. Bespoke collectibles. Custom-made furniture and habitable structures focusing on contemporary art, hospitality and lifestyle. Collaborations with brands and artists.”

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design: Flare (Alessandra Cianchetta & Veruska Vasconez)

ABOUT FLARE STUDIO

“Flare Studio is Alessandra Cianchetta & Veruska Vasconez. Limited editions. Bespoke collectibles. Custom-made furniture and habitable structures focusing on contemporary art, hospitality and lifestyle. Collaborations with brands and artists.”

design: Flare (Alessandra Cianchetta & Veruska Vasconez)

ABOUT FLARE STUDIO

“Flare Studio is Alessandra Cianchetta & Veruska Vasconez. Limited editions. Bespoke collectibles. Custom-made furniture and habitable structures focusing on contemporary art, hospitality and lifestyle. Collaborations with brands and artists.”

Steel bench/chaise longue with fabric seat cushion.
Its elementary design and the connection between its components assume its raw and industrial character.

design: Eduardo Rosa Silva

Dimensions

Technical features

Legs/sides in 5mm thick steel sheet.
Seat base in 3mm thick steel sheet.
Connection between legs/sides and seat base with M16 screws.
Seat in high density foam upholstered with fabric. The cushion is attached to the seat base with Velcro. Plastic floor glides.

ABOUT EDUARDO ROSA SILVA

Designer, producer, strategic real estate project manager in the areas of energy, railways and museums. Modernism style expert, founder of the Portuguese Association of Antiques and Art Objects (ACPAOA). Assuming again, his personal design projects, by redesigning the “Lisboa Séries”, 30 years after its creation and first production. Using now new materials adapted to the new functional and environment needs. Expecting the same success as when it was created.

The SuperMetal collection, aptly named after the material it is made of, is inspired by the lightness of energy infrastructures. The set comprises a matching table and bench featuring thin, yet robust, square section metal legs and a single-sheet powder coated metal top. The product’s slimness and refinement are highlighted by its superior quality detailing, such as the beveled edge on the table’s long side and the carefully designed short sides, which include legs that are flush with the edge of the top.

design: Chiara Ferrari

Finishes

Dimensions

x – 1700/1900/2100/2300/2500/2700mm
y – 500mm
z – 450mm

Technical features

Option 1
Partially mountable steel tube structure. Sheet steel top. Nylon levelers.

Option 2
Bench made entirely of 5mm thick sheet steel.

Chiara Ferrari

“After graduating in Industrial Design, Chiara Ferrari has developed her professional experience at architecture and design firms such as Future Systems, Heatherwick Studio, Lovegrove Studio, Zaha Hadid Architects, as well as Lissoni Associati in Milan – specialising in Interior and Furniture Design.

She has been heading her own independent practice, Chiara Ferrari Studio, since 2010. With an extensive portfolio of Interiors, Lighting and Furniture, her creative studio combines multidisciplinary aspects of design, aiming to create timeless, minimal and sophisticated products.

She has been on judging panels including D&AD (London, 2015), and has taught at Royal College of Art (London), Design Museum (London), UCLA and recently appointed at Art Centre College of Design. She is also a Board Member of Design Ventura (London), the Design Museum’s award winning, national design and enterprise competition.

Since early 2015, she lives and works in Los Angeles.”

The aluminium has the main role.
The X-tra stool is essentially made up of 1 curved aluminium sheet plane welded to a structural aluminium sheet core which defines the path of design.

design: Toni Grilo

Finishes

Dimensions

Technical features

Folded and welded 3mm aluminium sheet chair. With plastic bumper feet.

About Toni Grilo

“Designer and Art Director, Toni Grilo was born in France in 1979. Graduate by the École Boulle in Paris in 2001, he immediately goes to Lisbon, continuing to develop projects in France. At the end of Europe, finding its roots, he discovers a rich industrial and craft country, and is obsessed by the beauty of technical processes and materials. After various collaborations, he decides to stay permanently in Portugal: he founds in 2005 a first agency, Objection with the designer Elder Monteiro, but in 2008 he opens his own studio, creating products, furniture and scenography.”

The aluminium has the main role.
The X-tra chair is essentially made up of 4 curved aluminium sheet planes welded to a structural aluminium sheet core which defines the path of design.

design: Toni Grilo

Finishes

Dimensions

Technical features

Folded and welded 3mm aluminium sheet chair. With plastic bumper feet.

About Toni Grilo

“Designer and Art Director, Toni Grilo was born in France in 1979. Graduate by the École Boulle in Paris in 2001, he immediately goes to Lisbon, continuing to develop projects in France. At the end of Europe, finding its roots, he discovers a rich industrial and craft country, and is obsessed by the beauty of technical processes and materials. After various collaborations, he decides to stay permanently in Portugal: he founds in 2005 a first agency, Objection with the designer Elder Monteiro, but in 2008 he opens his own studio, creating products, furniture and scenography.”

design: Álvaro Siza Vieira

Finishes

Metalic painted components

Solid wood

Dimensions

Technical features

25mm diameter steel tube structure coated with epoxy paint. Galvanized footrest. Brass tube ends. One of the stool legs allows height adjustment to ensure stability. Solid wood seat.

ABOUT ÁLVARO SIZA VIEIRA

Álvaro Siza Vieira is a Portuguese architect graduated in the Porto School of Fine Arts between 1949 and 1955. His first work was built in 1954.
Was a professor at the School of Fine Arts and later at the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto. Won several national and international awards, including the Pritzker Prize in 1992. His works are scattered throughout Portugal and around the world, such as the Boa Nova Tea House (Matosinhos, Portugal), Bonjour Tristesse Building (Berlin, Germany). Germany) Faculty of Architecture, University of Porto (Porto, Portugal), Serralves Museum (Porto, Portugal), Cultural Center and Iberê Camargo Foundation Auditorium (Porto Alegre, Brazil), among many others. Its iconic projects are a main influence of many Portuguese architects.