Roda - Levante coffee table 012
The LEVANTE coffee table is part of the line designed by Piero Lissoni. It was born in continuity with the desire to create increasingly rich and comfortable outdoor environments. Generous in the size of the top, it is characterized by the compact solidity of lines that recall the design of the dining table.
With LEVANTE, Piero Lissoni skilfully reinterprets a complete outdoor collection: different types of elements form a complete set with graceful lines and timeless allure, where teak, the greatest kind of wood for outdoor furniture, and stainless steel meet in stylish functionality.
Piero Lissoni
Piero Lissoni; he is the creative director of Alpi, Boffi, De Padova, Living Divani, Lema, Lualdi, Porro and Sanlorenzo, for which he designs various products. Recognized among the masters of contemporary design, he collaborates with numerous international brands. Among the many we mention Alessi, B&B, Cappellini, Cassina, Flos, Glas Italia, Kartell, Kerakoll, KN Industrie, Knoll, Nerosicilia, Olivari, Salvatori. The studio, organized in several areas of intervention, includes Lissoni Casal Ribeiro dedicated to masterplans, landscape design, architecture and interior design; Lissoni Associati, oriented towards product design, artistic directions and installations; Lissoni Graphx specialized in graphic design, visual communication and brand identity. The New York studio instead develops interior projects for the American market. The architectural projects Among the most important architectural projects are the restyling of the historic Camparino in Galleria in Milan (2019), The Middle House of the Swire Hotel group in Shanghai (2018), The Oberoi Al Zorah Beach Resort Ajman in the United Arab Emirates (2017), Oceana Bal Harbour, a residential project in Miami (2017), the renovation of the historic National Theater in Milan (2009), as well as the headquarters of companies such as Boffi, Glas Italia, Fantini, Living Divani and the shipyards of Sanlorenzo in La Spezia. Current projects include Dorottya Hotel and Residences in Budapest, SLS Lux Hotel and Residences in Washington DC, The Ritz-Carlton Residences in Miami Beach, 45 Park Place apartments in New York, the Hilton Tbilisi hotel in Georgia, as well as private villas in Amsterdam, New York, Mumbai. Lissoni's interest in the world of art led him to design various temporary exhibitions such as the retrospective of the photographer Giovanni Gastel, curated by Germano Celant, at Palazzo della Ragione and the anthology dedicated to the Renaissance painter "Bernardino Luini and his Sons ” at the Royal Palace of Milan. Lissoni Associati is also a supporting member of the Palazzo Te Foundation, a collaboration started in 2018 with the design of the set-up, graphics and catalog of the exhibition “Tiziano/Gerhard Richter. Heaven on Earth", continued in 2019 with the setting up of the exhibition "Giulio Romano: Art and Desire". Since 2015 he has also supported the Bagatti Valsecchi Museum in Milan by taking care of the exhibitions and in 2017 he became its institutional partner. Piero Lissoni has received numerous awards, including the Good Design Award, the Red Dot Award and the ADI Compasso d'Oro. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the MAXXI National Museum in Rome, a member of the Advisory Board of the Milan Polytechnic and a visiting professor. He is also an honorary member of the Altagamma International Council.
Roda opens a new era in the outdoor furniture field, a more contemporary dimension of living that goes beyond the borders of the home: indoor and outdoor mingle with a harmonic language, in a spatial and conceptual continuum. The company’s founder, Roberto Pompa, followed his revolutionary intuition to realized outdoor as places to be lived and enhance with refined pieces of furniture. The company’s name speaks of people and loved ones: RODA is an acronym of the names of Pompa’s family – RO for Roberto and his wife Rosaria, DA for their children Daniele and Davide. The vision and ambition held at RODA gradually became a process. This was a decade of great importance, focused on the cultural enhancement and ennoblement of a new type of outdoor furniture. In order to encompass design, a sense of conviviality, and the kind of emotions given by interiors, Rodolfo Dordoni was selected by the team as an artistic director. In 2005, RODA participated for the first time at the Salone del Mobile in Milan, while its innovative catalogue featured a clear overview of the company’s original approach to outdoor living. The fair and the catalogue were turning points that led to the global confirmation of the success of the strategy, the product, and the unusual, sophisticated combinations of materials and colours.
