Meet Guiseppi Arezzi’s Manico armchair, a comfortable distant cousin of the director’s chair (with a passing resemblance to the butterfly chair, too). Arezzi says he dreamed up the framework seat 10 years ago for a competition in which Sicilian designers were asked to come up with a piece of furniture inspired by Sicily.
“I decided to tell the story of the transition from traditional agriculture—which used manual tools, such as hoes and rakes—to contemporary agriculture, which makes use of increasingly sophisticated machinery,” explains Arezzi. “The Manico armchair, built with the handles of tools that are no longer used, is now the new chair of the farmer who’s cooling off under an olive tree.” A decade later, the design is being produced for the first time in collaboration with French creative studio It’s Great Design. Take a look.
Photography by Natale Leontini, courtesy of It’s Great Design.
Above Margherita Ratti of Its Great Design describes the Manico as a new rural design characterized by its lightness and transparency The chair is handmade in Italy of interlocking ash dowels supported by metal screws and leather ties
Above The design helped Arezzi get nominated as one of <em>Elle Decor Italias<em> 2022 Young Talents of the Year Its finished with a cotton linen backing and cushions that come in four colors All of the fabric is removable and machine washable<span id=ezoic pub ad placeholder 868 class=ezoic adpicker ad style=displayblockimportantfloatnoneline height0margin bottom15pximportantmargin left0importantmargin right0importantmargin top15pximportantmax width100importantmin height400pxmin width580pxpadding top15pximportanttext aligncenterimportant>Above Its Great Design is a private Paris gallery that specializes in producing work by emerging talentswith a focus says founder Ratti on designs that could have an industrial application but which remain quite confidential and locally produced The Manico is available in Europe from the gallery for €2000it will be offered on the Its Great Design site in the coming weeks in the meantime email email protected <img decoding=async loading=lazy class=ezlazyload size post content wp image 1387979 style=font size16px src=dataimagesvg+xml3Csvg xmlns=22httpwwww3org2000svg22 width=2273322 height=221099223E3Csvg3E alt=it width=733 height=1099 data ezsrcset=httpswwwremodelistacomwp contentuploads202203manico chair by giuseppe arezzi from its great design natale leontini photo 6 733x1099jpg 733whttpswwwremodelistacomwp contentuploads202203manico chair by giuseppe arezzi from its great design natale leontini photo 6 200x300jpg 200whttpswwwremodelistacomwp contentuploads202203manico chair by giuseppe arezzi from its great design natale leontini photo 6 768x1152jpg 768whttpswwwremodelistacomwp contentuploads202203manico chair by giuseppe arezzi from its great design natale leontini photo 6 683x1024jpg 683whttpswwwremodelistacomwp contentuploads202203manico chair by giuseppe arezzi from its great design natale leontini photo 6 1024x1536jpg 1024whttpswwwremodelistacomwp contentuploads202203manico chair by giuseppe arezzi from its great design natale leontini photo 6 1366x2048jpg 1366whttpswwwremodelistacomwp contentuploads202203manico chair by giuseppe arezzi from its great design natale leontini photo 6 1466x2199jpg 1466whttpswwwremodelistacomwp contentuploads202203manico chair by giuseppe arezzi from its great design natale leontini photo 6 492x738jpg 492whttpswwwremodelistacomwp contentuploads202203manico chair by giuseppe arezzi from its great design natale leontini photo 6 150x225jpg 150w sizes=max width 733px 100vw 733px ezimgfmt=rs rscb1 src ng ngcb1 srcset data ezsrc=httpswwwremodelistacomwp contentuploads202203manico chair by giuseppe arezzi from its great design natale leontini photo 6 733x1099jpg><span style=font size16px>Above In the States the Manico Chair is sold by <span>Pamono by Chairish<span style=font size16px> for $2251 It comes fully assembled Note however that theres an estimated lag time of 15 17 weeks and that shipping costs start at $850 $2022 for 3 5 week express Keep up with the chairs trajectory by following Arezzi on Instagram guiseppiarezzi<span><span id=ezoic pub ad placeholder 870 class=ezoic adpicker ad style=displayblockimportantfloatnoneline height0margin bottom15pximportantmargin left0importantmargin right0importantmargin top15pximportantmax width100importantmin height250pxmin width250pxpadding top15pximportanttext aligncenterimportant>
