One_chair by Konstantin Grcic

In 2000, Konstantin Grcic was approached by Eugenio Perazza, the CEO and founder of Magis, a publishing company located about 30 km north of Venice. The company specialises in the production of plastic furniture. At the beginning of the new millennium, however, this material is less attractive, because of its association with poor design and the growing environmentalist movement in this field. Perrazza asked Konstantin Grcic to think about creating a range of cast aluminium furniture. The designer had never worked with this material before, but the challenge suited him...