Dezeen Showroom: Alejandra Gandía-Blasco Lloret has added the Valentina Up dining chair to her outdoor furniture collection for Diabla, channelling the range’s characteristic crisscrossing metal frames into a versatile seat.
The new dining chair adds to the Valentina Up range – itself an adaptation of Diabla’s popular Valentina collection, but with the seats lifted up off the floor on slender legs.
Gandía-Blasco Lloret said she aimed to the Valentina Up designs to continue to place ample cushioning centre stage, but for the metal legs to bring in a feeling of lightness.
“I have attempted to design using minimal elements in order to give the cushions more prominence, as they do in Asian culture, Hindu culture or Spanish-Arabic culture,” said Gandía-Blasco Lloret.
“Normally with chairs the cushions become complementary elements, not structural, we use them to make us feel more comfortable,” she continued. “With the Valentina Up chair, the cushions are an integral part of the design.”
The Valentina Up chair’s frame is made from sturdy textured zinc-plated thermo-lacquered steel. Its cushions are filled with polyurethane foam rubber and polyester fibre and covered with a choice of water-repellent fabrics.
Product details:
Product: Valentina Up
Designer: Alejandra Gandía-Blasco Lloret
Brand: Diabla
Contact: [email protected]
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