The Trave Chair Bends the Boundaries of Design
It takes the Trave chair, designed by BrogliatoTraverso for Magis, seven days to reach its final curved wood form and it's worth the wait.
?Initially, we designed lots and lots of chairs,? said Alberto Brogliato of the development of the Trave chair. ?Some were even aesthetically pleasing and beautiful, but none had that special something that would have secured its place in the Magis collection.? In other words, it wasn’t easy to create a steam-bent wood chair that’s contemporary in design but employs age-old technology. But once BrogliatoTraverso embraced Magis’ mindset of pushing the boundaries of design, things started falling into place.
Modern design is oftentimes about taking away until you can’t. The Trave chair features a simple bar of solid ash, which the entirety of the design is focused upon. It’s also where the legs, seat, and backrest are attached ? quite literally the piece’s backbone. The addition of a large, padded seat and backrest increases comfort without compromising on aesthetic or craftsmanship.
Trave’s production pushes solid wood bending technology to its limits. ?It took a great deal of trial and error before we managed to bend a piece of that size with this kind of curve,” BrogliatoTraverso share. It takes seven days to create the central curved beam, during which time it’s soaked in steam, immediately bent, then placed in a drying kiln. Once dry, it’s prepared to be joined wit...
?Initially, we designed lots and lots of chairs,? said Alberto Brogliato of the development of the Trave chair. ?Some were even aesthetically pleasing and beautiful, but none had that special something that would have secured its place in the Magis collection.? In other words, it wasn’t easy to create a steam-bent wood chair that’s contemporary in design but employs age-old technology. But once BrogliatoTraverso embraced Magis’ mindset of pushing the boundaries of design, things started falling into place.
Modern design is oftentimes about taking away until you can’t. The Trave chair features a simple bar of solid ash, which the entirety of the design is focused upon. It’s also where the legs, seat, and backrest are attached ? quite literally the piece’s backbone. The addition of a large, padded seat and backrest increases comfort without compromising on aesthetic or craftsmanship.
Trave’s production pushes solid wood bending technology to its limits. ?It took a great deal of trial and error before we managed to bend a piece of that size with this kind of curve,” BrogliatoTraverso share. It takes seven days to create the central curved beam, during which time it’s soaked in steam, immediately bent, then placed in a drying kiln. Once dry, it’s prepared to be joined wit...
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