Outdoor chairs: in search of the perfect furniture

11 May Outdoor chairs: in search of the perfect furniture

To sit comfortably, but also to furnish gardens and terraces with style and emotion.

It’s time to live and enjoy the outdoors, our gardens and terraces come back to life. The plants are in bloom, the scent of citrus and jasmine envelops us. The time has come to clean up, discover and arrange our outdoor spaces and therefore our sunbeds and armchairs, lanterns and lamps, but above all our tables and their chairs.

With the arrival of summer we will be able to spend our evenings on the terrace and have dinner with friends until dusk. We will be able to invite our friends to long aperitifs and share our green space with our family.

This is why it is essential to have the right allies and highlight our outdoor environments with collections of chairs designed specifically for the outdoors. Beautiful chairs to look at, comfortable to use and above all able to withstand atmospheric stresses.

We have reviewed the best proposals of the companies in the sector, such as Kartell, Gervasoni or Moroso and here is the result of our research, of the collections of outdoor chairs that will not let your terraces and gardens go unnoticed.

A.I. by Philippe Starck for Kartell

The A.I. outdoor chairs designed by Philippe Starck for Kartell are a mix of comfort and sustainability. The chairs are in fact surprisingly comfortable thanks to their ergonomics, the small but functional armrests and the particular soft touch treatment. Like most of the Kartell chairs, A.I. it is made of plastic, but it is characterized by the fact that it is made of recycled plastic material and is part of the Kartell loves the planet project, the company’s mission to engage in the use of recycled and recyclable materials.

Piuma by Piero Lissoni for Kartell

Piuma is an outdoor chair designed by Piero Lissoni for Kartell. The peculiarity of this outdoor chair is that it is loaded with carbon fiber and this makes it very light, just 2.2 kg … you can almost lift it with a finger. Piuma is also very thin, a few millimeters thick, but despite these two characteristics, the chair is extremely resistant and flexible. Piuma is also very comfortable thanks to the soft touch effect treatment and its armrests. It is available in six pastel colors.

Plato di Jasper Morrison per Magis

The Plato chair designed by Jasper Morrison for Magis is a linear and simple piece of furniture. It easily adapts to minimal, essential environments, but at the same time it can be an excellent ally in gardens or terraces full of elements to stand out as plants and decorative objects. The Plato outdoor chair is sturdy, made of die-cast aluminum and available in six colors.

Banjooli by Sebastian Herkner for Moroso

The inspiration of the Banjooli outdoor chairs is the courtship dance performed by male ostriches to court females, spreading their wings to enhance their beauty. Thus, designer Sebastian Herkner made his contribution to the extraordinary M’Afrique collection of the design brand Moroso. It is a collection of outdoor furniture products made by African artisans by weaving the yarn used for fishing nets. The explosive colors typical of Africa come to life in this armchair, to brightly color any environment in which it is inserted.

Masters  by Philippe Starck and Eugeni Quitlet for Kartell

Masters is a collection of outdoor chairs (on the cover) designed by Philippe Starck with Eugeni Quitlet for Kartell, they are a tribute to three very famous contemporary chairs, the “Series 7” by Arne Jacobsen, the “Tulip Armchair” by Eero Saarinen and the ” Eiffel Chair ”by Charles Eames, which can be recognized by tracing the intertwined features of the backrest with your hand. Masters outdoor chairs are light, practical, very comfortable and at the same time refined, sensually velvety and very elegant.

Softer than steel di Nendo per Desalto

The designer Nendo signs the Softer than steel collection for Desalto, which also includes the outdoor chair. It is a linear and essential chair in its shapes, but surprising precisely for its silhouette. The rigid metal plate that composes it acquires lightness and flexibility, as if the metal became paper or fabric. The Softer than steel chair is minimal and very elegant, a soft and graceful sign that lightly embellishes your gardens or terraces.

Tropicalia di Patricia Urquiola per Moroso

Tropicalia is the outdoor chair designed by Patricia Urquiola for Moroso and imagined as a stroke of a pencil, which turns into reality as a geometric game of two or three-colored cords intertwined together to form a solid seat. Tropicalia furnishes your terrace or garden by coloring your spaces with surprising graphic signs.