2016 Novelties – GamFratesi

05.05.16


The professional liason continues between Porro and Gamfratesi (the couple composed by Stine Gam and Enrico Fratesi), whose approach to the project combines the craftsmanship typical of the Danish classic furniture with the conceptual process typical of Italian design. Started last year with Traveller, it goes on with the new Voyage chair that brings its imagination even further. The materials adopted become softer and softer, tapered wood and leather. The structure in natural or black stained maple remains visible on the back and on the sides and a close-fitting dress in natural or dark brown leather can be put on and off, conveying an idea of conviviality and a holiday atmosphere, although its unobjectionable style also makes it suitable for a urban context. The clear ‘50s-inspired contour animates it, providing it with diverse perspectives from all points of view.

Purity and modernity, functionality and vintage taste also live together perfectly in the new Collector desk, balancing between high tech instances and modern art collection, industrial and interior design. Its precise construction rotates around the essential open structure, a metal bridge onto which various elements are mechanically hooked: drawers, containers, interior panels, a worksurface, all offered in a refined apple tree finish. It is a piece of furniture for true aesthetes, intended for a retro-style study area that, thanks to its unusual structure, is clad in lightness and contemporaneousness, perfectly suited for different uses, from analogue-nostalgic hipster to the most digitized futurist.