Wiener GTV Design Thonet - Ample chair

Nichetto Studio wanted to keep intact the art of steam bending typical of Gebrüder Thonet Vienna, this time not on wood, but applied to a new material: metal. The result is Ample, a chair with a sinuous shape, with a comfortable seat and back, ideal for both residential and contract use.

Luca Nichetto

Luca Nichetto founded his eponymous multidisciplinary design studio in Venice, Italy, in 2006, specializing in industrial design, product design and consulting. From the beginning, Nichetto Studio has worked with different brands and organizations; these
Collaborations have become a milestone in his work bringing his influence to expand far beyond Venice and Italian borders. The fellow Treviso designer Francesco Dompieri joined the studio as a partner in 2007 and four years later,
Nichetto founded a second study in Stockholm, Sweden, satisfying an increasing number of requests for collaboration from international companies. Soon, the work of the firm expanded considerably from its initial focus.

Wiener GTV Design Thonet

Michael Thonet (1796-1871) and his five children were the most successful manufacturers of furniture in the Industrial Age. Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH (GTV) has develop edits work in a successful blend of the traditional and the modern, of continuity and renewal, with a new production program that begins by re-editing a series of Gebrüder Thonet classics. At the same time, GTV stands for contemporary furnishing. Advanced production techniques are applied to innovative designs and uses of materials, to create highly sought-after, multipurpose furnishing items. Truly original, up-to-date solutions that integrate well with the more classic products of its catalogue, now reworked.Items such as chair No. 14, of which more than 50 million were made between 1850 and 1930, have gone down in history for their fine design and manufacturing quality, and yet still today excite and attract new generations. GTV always succeeds in finding the perfect combination of tradition and innovation, assisted by continuous research into new, clear-cut, versatile designs.The tangible and intangible intrinsic value of the GTV collection is expressed in the Wiener GTV Design brand, engraved on a coin embedded in the structure of each single piece: a precious detail that certifies authenticity, originality and quality in stable balance between manufacturing and high-level craftsmanship. Inspiring this unique detail was the coin with the image of the brand that was historically spent internally within Thonet production facilities throughout Europe.