Side Sella Conventus by Baldanzi and Novelli

Side Sella Conventus by Baldanzi and Novelli is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Praemium A' Design Award Aeneum in Supellex Officinae Competition Category.

AesSupellex Officinae· 2022

Side Sella Conventus

by Baldanzi and Novelli

Client: Huy Furniture

Praemium A' Design Award Aeneum Winner in Supellex Officinae Category

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The Design

About Side Sella Conventus

Sella Conventus "Side" ad seminaria, exercitationes, congressus et loca exspectationis destinata est. Sella cumulari potest et in ordines inter se coniungi. Tabula scriptoria sponte redeuns optione praebetur, qua re "Side" in parvam stationem operis convertitur. Corpus monocoque ex materia plastica confectum est, armatura vero ex aluminio aliisque metallis constat. Dorsum elasticum, ex polypropylene factum, lumbos sustinet, dum sedile molliter tectum ad commoditatem praestatur. "Side" in multis coloribus offertur, cum brachiolis vel sine iis, et cum pedibus fixis vel rotulis.

The Recognition

About the Praemium A' Design Award Aeneum

Side Sella Conventus victor est Praemii A' Design Award Aeneum, honoris multum aestimati formis egregiis, creandi ingenio, sollertia et acumine insignibus dati. Victores Aenei opera perita et mire creandi sunt, quae experientiam, imaginationem et solertiam auctorum suorum confirmant. Exspectatur Side Sella Conventus rem multum aestimatam, admiratam et carissimam, notabiliter professionalem et novam fore. Haec forma Aeneo victa optimas consuetudines artis, scientiae, formandi rationis et technologiae amplectitur et in cura minutiarum excellit. Side Sella Conventus necessitates egregie explet, cupiditates tangit, sensus capit et curiositatem allicit.

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Stackable, easy to connect, with or without a self-returning writing tablet, Side is an ideal chair for seminars, training courses and conferences, but even for meetings or waiting.
The design of the monocoque body, the elastic backrest, the soft upholstery of the seat guarantees extremely high comfort.
Side is available in many colors, with or without armrests, writing tablet, row connectors, and four legs with fixed feet or with casters.
Dimensions & Packaging: without armrests: 560mm x 530mm x 525mm
with armrests: 560mm x 530mm x 525mm
with armrests and tablet: 560mm x 530mm x 525mm
Tags: chair, conference chair, contract chair, multipurpose chair, connectable chair, stackable chair, writing tablet, meeting room, reading room, training room
Production Technology: Side is composed by a monocoque plastic body available in different colors and a mixed framework made of aluminium and other metals.
Ergonomic design with the elastic chair back made of new PP material, comfortably support the waist. Appropriate support can effectively relieve human body pressure.
Functional solutions like the easy aggregation system and the availability of a tablet fitted well into the design.
The decision of developing a monocoque body gave us the possibility of creating a big family of products: Side is available with a lot of different basis such as sled, four legs, five spokes with wheels and so on.
Design Challenge: The challenge is always the same: being able to create a product that is beautiful to look at, with reasonable production costs to reach a fair final price to be competitive on the international markets.
Research: The request was to create a contract chair with metal supporting structure and seat-backrest in plastic material; its armrests have a strong support to support the side tablet (aluminum painted in various colors).
Inspiration: After about 30 years of commitment in the design activity, and many of these involved in the design for seating, this project is the result of a great knowledge of both functions and form.
Project Duration: The project startet in March 2020 in Ponsacco (PI) and finished in March 2021 in Ponsacco (PI) and presented in March 2021 at the 47th CIFF (China International Furniture Fair) in Guangzhou, China
Operation Flow: This is a “contract” chair, for use in public spaces, such as meeting rooms and waiting areas, in general it is transformed with a practical tablet, becoming a small workstation.