Alias LANUDA Stackable aluminium chair

Lanuda is a stackable chair made entirely of aluminium by laser cut, folded and riveted sheets.‎ Finish poweder-coated textured black.‎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.‎