Desalto - Roller chaise lounge

Break down the session into essential graphic elements. From this assumption comes Roller: armchairs, poufs and chaise longue that take life from round and oval rollers, geometric, sculptural and defined, designed to ensure maximum comfort thanks to the use of polyurethane at different densities.

Francesco Rota

Francesco Rota, interior and product designer, born in 1966 in Milan where he lives and works. He graduated in product design at Art Center College of Design in 1994, La Tour de Peilz (Switzerland), and in 1988 he opened his own studio and worked in several fields of design: product, furniture, lighting, showrooms, offices, residential interiors and events. International collaborations: Alchemy, Arketipo, Bals Tokyo, Barilla, Driade, Fiat, Frag, John Richmond, Knoll International, KME Italy, Lapalma, Lema, Living Divani, L'Oreal Paris, Malo, Martini & Rossi, Mercedes Benz, Moroso, Paola Lenti, Oluce, Takano Co.Ltd, Versus. Francesco Rota has been awarded with two Menzioni d'Onore for the Compasso d’Oro with  ‘Linea’ and ‘Island’, which are today in the Historical Collection of the ADI Compasso d’Oro Award. His works have been exhibited at well-known museums and at international exhibitions and events as Biennale di Architettura e Mostra del Cinema di Venezia, Triennale di Milano, Royal Academy of Arts a Londra, Miami Design Distrisct, Material Connection a New York. Since May 2004 he has been teaching in the Master Research Study Program in Industrial Design at the Istituto Europeo of Design.   He has frequently collaborated with Lema since 2011.  Over the years he has collaborated with a number of widely recognised brands such as Driade, Knoll, Lapalma, Lema, Living Divani, Moroso, Paola Lenti, Oluce, Versus.

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.