Roda - Laze 002 armchair with Oxford cushion seat and back
LAZE outdoor armchairs are conceived as "idle seats" thanks to a wide and enveloping shell. LAZE is the invitation to rest, to the tranquility to read a book in a garden living room and enjoy the luxury of time for yourself. On the stainless steel shell stretch the filaments of polyester or acrylic that support the comfortable cushions, seat and back, or just for the seat in order to allow a natural breathability, ideal for hot summer days. The multiple color variations offered by the combinations of structure and rope, leave room for maximum customization of your outdoor furniture.
Gordon Guillaumier
Gordon Guillaumier was born in Malta in 1966, Gordon Guillaumier studied in Switzerland and England. He graduated in industrial design and the following year in a master's degree in industrial design from the Domus Academy in Milan. He began his career collaborating with Rodolfo Dordoni's Studio, where he worked on design projects with companies such as Foscarini, Artemide and FontanaArte. Later, he collaborated with Driade alongside Enrico Astori on the development of the Atlantide / Dhouse project. In 2002 he founded his Design Studio in Milan, focused on design consulting, product and interior design. His first commissions began with Dornbracht Interiors, Fiam, Rational and art direction for Pamar and designed his first products for Bosa ceramiche, Foscarini and FontanaArte for the Schopenhauer collection. He is currently art director for Desalto and Roda (together with Rodolfo Dordoni and Gabriella Zecca). His design works are part of the collections of Bosa, Paola C, Desalto, DeSede, Driade, FontanaArte, Frag, Gebrüder Thonet Vienna, Matteo Grassi, Montina, Minotti, Moroso, Lema, Roda, Tacchini, Foscarini, Oluce, Pamar, Azzurra Ceramiche, Kronos Ceramiche, and Ceramiche Piemme to name a few.
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.
