Desalto - Calum Lounge Relax chair brown base pumice fabric shell

Enveloping and light, the lounge version is an invitation to relax and meditation. The Calum collection of chairs offers extremely comfortable seats in a pure and fluid form, which lean lightly on the ground, easily and naturally fitting into any context.

Simon Pengelly

Born in Oxfordshire in 1967 and an award winning cabinet maker at an early age, Pengelly studied at Rycotewood College and Kingston Polytechnic, graduating in 1988. Opening his own studio in 1993 he has designed furniture and lighting projects for companies around the world, winning awards including a XXII Compasso d’Oro in 2011 for the Nuur table "for its feeling of exceptional lightness and attention to detail in its design". Pengelly’s training as a maker developed a deep knowledge and respect for materials and production processes that is interweaved into his approach to design. Combined with a thorough understanding of the contemporary market and all other contextual influences, he and his teams approach is fundamentally based on an empathetic interpretation of the way people interact with their environment and the products within.

Desalto

Desalto is a company that for nearly 30 years has been spreading around the world a product idea based on constant technical and technological research focused on greater functionality. 30 years of activity make Desalto a young brand, but also a historic one. The company boasts of one and the other dimension: a young spirit capable of combing together iconic chairs and complements, like graphic signs traced in the air, with tables as adaptable as everyday life is. But also of a story which began in 1990 when the four Orsenigo brothers imagine a reality that responded to the times, making use of the collaboration of designers. Different visions which embrace the same corporate philosophy that is continually updated through fundamental values of harmony, expressive,elegance, clean design and originality. Made in Italy, quality and production capacity of excellence are some of the main characteristics that have made Desalto famous over time and of Made in Italy Desalto perfectly embodies some central values. A family of entrepreneurs and a territory representing, in the design view, an unrepeatable system keeping product quality primary. Each design is the result of our country's handcrafted creativity, particularly the unique expression of the Brianza area, with an internal and external production chain controlled at every stage to ensure maximum preservation of value over time.