Mauna Kea
Designed for community use, the chair is a redesign of the classical Thonet chair, from which it draws the tubular structure and the proportions and its initial design idea, while renewing its image, materials and colours, and provides 40 different colour combinations between the colour of the structure and of the seat supports. Produced in the versions with or without armrests, they can also be supplied without a backrest, leaving the coloured frame exposed. The chairs have an unlimited stacking capacity. The aluminium structure is die-cast into a ring and the all-aluminium tube legs are powder coated in epoxy polyester and support the seats and backrests in mass-coloured polypropylene with fissure-shaped cuts or upholstered and covered in fabric. Mauna Kea is proposed for the contract market and the excellent resistance provided by the materials and the technical characteristics, including the galvanized fixing screws, make this seat perfect also for outdoor environments. In the following year, it was completed with a stool in three dimensions and several tables in order to expand the family. The table can be coordinated with any type of chair and is proposed in two three-legged or central legged models with the same aluminium structure die-cast into a ring and the all-aluminium tube legs powder coated in epoxy polyester support the 70 cm diameter scratchproof mass-coloured thermoset table top. The tables offer up to 40 colour combinations between the colour of the structure and of the table tops.
Aluminium, thermoplastic technopolymers. Structure of the seat and backrest in aluminium, slate and glossy aluminium; seat and backrest (aluminium, slate, pale yellow, metalized blue, orange, slate;)
4800 seat length 49 x depth 54 x H 46 (seat) / 77 (height), weight 3.9 Kg
4802 seat with backrest length 49 x depth 54 x H 46 (seat) / 77 (height), weight 4.2 Kg
4804 small armchair [with armrests] length 58 x depth 54 x H 46 (seat) / 65 (armrest) / 77 (height), weight 4.1 Kg
4806 small armchair [with armrests] with backrest length 58 x depth 54 x H 46 (seat) / 65 (armrest) / 77 (height), weight 4.4 Kg
4801 upholstered chair length 49 x depth 54 x H 47 (seat) / 77 (height), weight 4.1 Kg
4803 upholstered chair with backrest length 49 x depth 54 x H 47 (seat) / 77 (height), weight 4.5 Kg
4805 upholstered chair length 58 x depth 54 x H 47 (seat) / 65 (armrest) / 77 (height), weight 4.3 Kg
4806 upholstered chair with backrest length 58 x depth 54 x H 47 (seat) / 65 (armrest) / 77 (height), weight 4.7 Kg
4882 low stool length 37 x depth 44 x H 44 (seat) / 62 (height), weight 2.8 Kg
4884 medium-high stool length 37 x depth 44 x H 65 (seat) / 83 (height), weight 4.1 Kg
4886 high stool length 37 x depth 44 x H 75 (seat) / 93 (height), weight 4.2 Kg
4883 upholstered low stool length 37 x depth 44 x H 45 (seat) / 62 (height), weight 3 kg
4885 upholstered medium-high stool length 37 x depth 44 x H 66 (seat) / 83 (height), weight 4.3 Kg
4887 upholstered high stool length 37 x depth 44 x H 76 (seat) / 93 (height), weight 4.4 Kg
4890 round table ø 70 x H 72, weight 8.5 Kg
4891 round table with central leg ø 70 x H 72, weight 17 Kg
2802 bar chair length 49 x depth 50 weight 3.340 Kg
2806 bar armchair length 58 x depth 50 weight 3.765 Kg
2802 bar table length 48 x depth 48 weight 3.780 Kg
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