Underconstruction Armchair

Pedro Franco Underconstruction Armchair, Underconstruction Collection, Brazil

Poltrona underconstruction-MiLAN-2014

Original design armchair UNDERCONSTRUCTION

Underconstrucion armchair with painted steel frame and upholstered straps - Pedro Franco design for A LOT OF Brasi

Wired structure, various colors, with superimposed neoprene or amzonian latex strips design

Christian uiiman and pedro Paulo franco

Armchair designed to be disassembled and customized by the user, composed of a metallic structure and upholstery.

LONG DESCRIPTION

In 2009 Pedro Paulo and me got together to think about a new furniture project; we had several ideas: – we were young and we wanted to change

everything together at the same time. Every week new experimental projects appeared – contrary to the dominant thinking of competitive

products imported from China or products of technical excellence produced in industries – and we were fantasizing with handmade thoughts,

full of symbols inspired by cutouts of multiple Brazilian cultures. – our utopia: evolve in design, production, marketing and design consumption.

– our willingness: to get involved with social and environmental issues and only work with local suppliers (locksmiths, upholsters, seamstresses,

carpenters, etc.), which was already our logic to manufacture our prototypes. Today we see how our ideas – from 12 years ago –

helped to think differently, bringing to the furniture market the ideas of: – dematerialization – ease of repair and transportation – user customization

– design for disassembly – reduce the amount of materials as much as possible – scalability of artisanal and semi-artisanal production

– new narratives from more artisanal materials and processes – modularity and product diversity from a single model. And all this that we discuss today

the chair already has: it’s dynamic, up-to-date and it is more and more like the time we are living. The quantity of finishes and materials used in the

upholstery varies from collection to collection, always with versions of more sustainable fabrics and/or recycled origin.

The Underconstruction armchair, which is part of the Underconstruction collection, created by designer Pedro Franco, is a high-quality piece of art design

by A LOT OF Brasil. With a carbon steel structure and electrostatic painting, it is covered with upholstered strips that can be in fabric or leather and manually

braided, more like a sculpture. The piece is new, made to order and is a true work of art!

A LOT OF Brasil is a brazilian high end design brand born from the advice of the great expert in the history of Italian design Vanni Pasca (1936 - 2021).

Pioneer is the word that defines the Brazilian design art brand, founded in 2012. It was the first Brazilian industry invited to participate in the

Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan.

It was also the first Brazilian industry to collaborate with international designers. In his portfolio there are exclusive pieces signed by big names

in international design: Alessandro Mendini, Fabio Novembre, Paolo Ulian, Vico Magistretti (Italy) Nika Zupanc (Slovenia) Xavier Lust (Belgium) Pedro Franco,

Campanas (Brazil). His pieces are produced on Brazilian soil, with experimental production processes, both in the use of (eco-sustainable) raw materials

and in the creation of solutions that mix the industrial with the artisanal. The traits that define the identity of the Brazilian brand are: Glocality,

Industrial Experimentation and New Materials.

Creator: Pedro Franco (Designer)

Dimensions: Height: 80 cm (31.5 in)Width: 80 cm (31.5 in)Depth: 80 cm (31.5 in)Seat Height: 40 cm (15.75 in)

Style: Post-Modern (Of the Period)

Materials and Techniques: Metal,Upholstery,Hand-Crafted

Place of Origin: Brazil