Desalto - Nara chair

Four slender aluminium legs support a wide seat and a padded backrest completely removable, able to give, through their shape, a feeling of comfort that invites you to sit. This is the chair design imagined by Piergiorgio Cazzaniga.

Upholstered chair in removable fabric, leather or eco-leather. Flexible polyurethane shell with elastic straps inserted in the seat. Legs in die-cast aluminium.

Piergiorgio Cazzaniga

Born in 1946, From 1962 to 1964 he worked as Technical Department Manager at Besana Mobili, from 1966 to 1971 he worked as Research and Development Department Manager at Boffi Cucine, in this period he took part in the European standardization process of sizes in cabinets and built-in household appliances for kitchens and he developed “E15”, “AL15”, “Xila” kitchen and “A1” wardrobe. He took part in Corporate Image and Communication, working also on products presentation realising: photograph settings, stands, Boffi corner shops and exhibitions. He played a leading role in Image and Communication, he dealt with products presentation through photograph settings, the creation of display areas and of the so-called “Spazio Boffi” inside shops and through the organization of different exhibitions. In 1971 he became partner in the Buttura, Massoni and Pelizza Studio, which was then transformed into A&D. With Luigi Massoni he designed products, show rooms, stand and exhibition for leading Italian furnishing companies. In 1991 he set up his own studio “Piergiorgio Cazzaniga Design” in Lentate sul Seveso working principally with the most renowed brands. His projects were awarded of many prizes, such as the “Good Design Award” and the “Interior Innovation Award”.

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 1990when 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.