Most modular seating starts from finished pieces and cuts them into sections. Suiseki starts from three elements and builds upwards: the seat — low and wide — the backrest and the armrest, combined, as the manufacturer puts it, in a staggered balance of heights, widths and depths. A run for a corporate lobby and a single armchair for a director's waiting corner come from the same vocabulary.
Designed by Andrea Steidl in 2019 and named after the Japanese art of arranging stones found in nature, the collection carries a frame reinforced for public areas, fire-retardant foam and carbon-fibre-backed seams. It is also available made to measure.
Fabric, module count, dimensions: the composition is tested before ordering. La Mercanti works it up with LaCividina and returns it confirmed.
Collection: Suiseki, upholstered seating for contract and residential use — modular, sofa and armchair versions
Manufacturer: LaCividina (Martignacco, Udine, Italy)
Design: Andrea Steidl, 2019
Declared concept: inspired by suiseki, the Japanese art of arranging stones found in nature; essential modules with organic volumes and spontaneous, harmonious misalignments
Base elements: the seat, low and wide; the backrest; the armrest — combined in a staggered balance of heights, widths and depths
Frame: reinforced for use in public areas
Padding: fire-retardant expanded polyurethane; non-deforming high-density expanded polyurethane at differentiated levels
Seams: reinforced with a carbon fibre backing
Covers: the collection is available with removable covers on request in the fabric version
Customisation: also available made to measure; online configurator for the collection
For specifiers: technical sheet, image library, finishes folder, 2D and 3D CAD and BIM/Revit models
Projects cited by the manufacturer: VMG Group (Lithuania), Los Angeles Bungalow (United States), Y Piazza San Carlo
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