Contemporary Twists
At Maison & Objet 2023, Gervasoni is presenting its new 2022 indoor and outdoor items and a selection of the company’s iconic furniture: products created from a careful selection of materials worked with skilled craftsmanship and innovative technologies to perfectly adapt to different living styles.
David Lopez Quincoces has designed two indoor collections, Saia, an upholstered line with a sofa and armchair, and Heiko, a series of coffee tables with a textured feel; Federico Peri presents Daen, a collection of tables and sideboards distinguished by their solid, geometric volumes.
The Loll, Gray, Ghost, Brass and Silver collections by Paola Navone, the company’s bestsellers, complete the display and attest to the attention to detail, high-quality materials and uniqueness of the company’s craftsmanship.
The outdoor range features only new products for 2022: Federica Biasi designs two collections, Hashi consisting of a modular sofa and rocking chair with a minimal, rigid structure, and Brise, a dining set with a table, chair and coffee tables that borrow from Art Nouveau and Liberty style; the Kasane collection by Japanese studio Nendo, a range of tables and poufs in which the texture of clay takes centre stage; Chiara Andreatti with the Guna collection featuring a daybed, coffee tables and rugs defined by an interplay of different traditions and cultures; the other outdoor rug line, Eco, is designed by Elena Sangunakeo, evoking the traditional weaving technique, and finally Flair, the collection conceived by Gabriele and Oscar Buratti, consisting of a soft, informal modular sofa with an innovative backrest movement for outdoor use.
Gervasoni is presenting its products through an installation inspired by the works of artist and designer German Ermics at a stand in which colour narrates the project: as in the company’s institutional communication, blue represents the indoor collection and orange the outdoor range. Strong, bold colours animate the stand’s external frame, marking out spaces and the transition from one area to another with a pleasing shade. The areas are defined by colourful walls with a strong character and specially designed partitions.
Indoor Collections
Saia sofa, armchairs and chairs by David Lopez Quincoces
Featuring a balanced design, Saia is based on a classic ideal reinterpreted with a contemporary twist.The name, which means ‘skirt’ in Portuguese, refers to its distinguishing feature: a removable cover that lightly and elegantly drapes down to the floor, hugging the sofa’s frame, accentuated and outlined by the discreet piping that defines its shape. Elegant, versatile products suitable for defining different settings, they bring to mind the elegance and gracefulness of a female silhouette: the armrests with their slight downward curvature invite you to sit snugly, embraced and enveloped in the utmost comfort.
Heiko Coffee Tables by David Lopez Quincoces
A Japanese term meaning balance and stability, Heiko evokes the shape of coffee tables defined by a curved design with a rounded base that seems to float on surfaces. Simple geometries and solid volumes are combined and juxtaposed to create soft forms in which each element coexists with the others. Made of a high-density polymer coated with a resistant resin and then finished with a low-thickness clay that gives the product a textured feel, they are available in 4 sizes characterised by natural earth colours ranging from Ombra grey to Cassel and Siena shades, evoking oriental imagery.
Daen table, sideboard and cupboard by Federico Peri
Featuring pure, geometric volumes, the name Daen, Japanese for ‘ellipse’, refers to the elliptical shape of the legs. The simultaneous use of different materials for the legs, the frame and the top once again demonstrates the company’s masterful ability to create material and aesthetic contrasts that dynamically dialogue with each other and which are also applied to storage furniture. The sideboard and cupboard echo the stylistic features of the tables with the addition of a soft-touch material that accentuates the item’s unique character.The doors are upholstered in water-repellent faux leather fabric with an irregular texture that gives the surface a three-dimensional look.
Outdoor Collections
Kasane table and pouf by Studio Nendo
Kasane, which means ‘overlapping’ in Japanese, features different elements that interlock and overlap, turning each product into a sculpture with a soft, sinuous design. Inspired by the way cups gradually become taller by stacking one on top of another, the collection of poufs and tables is characterised by the rhythmic movement of the stacked edges and the tactile texture of the clay that defines the product’s character. The table bases and poufs are made of an expanded polymer, while the table top is made of MDF: all the components are then covered with a thin layer of clay in earth colours, designed to convey an earthy texture and a pleasant tactile sensation.
Hashi modular sofa and rocking chair by Federica Biasi
The Hashi collection, literally ‘chopsticks’ in Japanese, features a minimal, rigid Iroko frame reminiscent of the oriental instrument from which it takes its name.
Hashi’s special feature lies in the use of Accardi’s jacquard technical fabric that envelops and wraps the Iroko elements at the top and bottom. Sustainable, lightweight and waterproof, Accardi fabric creates a textured pattern that harmoniously complements the wooden frame.
Brise tables, chairs and coffee tables by Federica Biasi
This range evokes that pleasant feeling of a breeze that alleviates the summer heat, allowing you to enjoy relaxing occasions outdoors and happy, carefree moments. A collection that is at once lively, elegant and vibrant, Brise evokes Art Nouveau, floral style and Liberty style, defined by ornamental and decorative designs that are inspired by nature and harmonise with it.
The Brise chairs are made with a slightly curved tubular stainless steel frame and seat and backrest made of WoodEvolution, a durable material suitable for making the most of very fine thicknesses. It is the processing of the laser-carved WoodEvolution backrest that identifies the collection’s distinctive element: the creation of a perforated texture reminiscent of Vienna straw. The backrest elements are fixed to the frame with high-quality tone-on-tone coloured nautical tape. Designed to match the chairs, the Brise tables are also available in different sizes with round, rectangular or square tops. The bases are made of tubular stainless steel, while the tops are available in perforated galvanised sheet metal or concrete. The collection is completed by a series of small coffee tables with a removable Millgres top resting on two different bases, one cylinder-shaped Millgres base and the other lighter and more minimal, crafted from tubular stainless steel.
Flair modular sofas by Gabriele and Oscar Buratti
Flair paves the way to a product with an informal use, soft curves and controlled design. A system consisting of large poufs in different shapes and sizes with traditional rectangular modules flanked by hexagonal modules, which can be freely combined to create new compositions time and time again. The product’s distinctive feature is its manually foldable backrest mechanism, which is independent for each individual seat and permits double heights on the individual backrests and greater seat depth, thereby defining the sofa’s skyline. The sofa’s steel frame, treated for outdoor use, is combined with soft seat cushions and a removable quilted fabric cover with light padding that softly surrounds the entire structure. Flair therefore manages to combine a mechanical part with a textile part designed to highlight the special workmanship of Gervasoni fabrics and how easily they can be removed to cover each component like a tailor-made suit.
Guna daybed, coffee tables and rugs by Chiara Andreatti
Guna is a Sanskrit term meaning ‘energy that envelops all things’, from the Indo-European root ‘gere’, ‘envelopment’, used to denote the single thread that forms a woven rope. A name that encapsulates the collection’s underlying meaning: a weave of yarns, knits and textures, as well as of inspirations, relationships and cultures form the basis of the designer’s project. The collection consists of daybeds, rugs and coffee tables: a traditional Indian sun daybed with low, wide proportions, the charpoy is reinterpreted by Chiara Andreatti using nautical ropes in Natural, Red and Blue colours, hand-woven to the Iroko wood frame treated for outdoor use, which features tapered legs on which the seat cushions rest. The collection is completed by low tables with a round top and sculptural base made of Millgres, in red, white and blue and available in two different sizes. Guna rugs are made using the sophisticated handwoven knitwear technique transposed to the perfection and mass production of industrial looms. A very fine polypropylene yarn, in two contrasting colours, is woven to create a rug available in two versions, one with a monochrome striped texture in two sizes and one more decorative, both double-face. The Guna rug comes in three variants, Blue, Red and Natural.
Eco Rugs by Elena Sanguankeo
The designer took inspiration from vibrations, sounds and colours, highly evocative elements that characterise the natural environment. The rugs, originally designed and made on manual shuttle looms, were later developed on a repurposed industrial loom taken to the extreme to create handwoven-looking weaves. Elena Sanguankeo brings her experience in the world of haute couture onto the ECO collection by weaving different yarns, colours and stitches into the three colour variants. The fusion of tradition and innovation is also evident in the choice of materials used, jute and propylene, which are both suitable for outdoor use and water-resistant.
