LucidiPevere: Gerla / 128

LucidiPevere have created the Gerla range of seating for Very Wood with backs that recall traditional wicker baskets. A mass-produced object that incorporates a number of handcrafted processes.

Talking about their Gerla chair, Paolo Lucidi and Luca Pevere recounted, “Our studio is located close to an industrial area that until a few years ago produced about 30% of the world’s wooden chairs. We wanted to come up with a wooden seat that was unrelated to the sector, designed and produced in a completely different way with respect to traditional carpentry.”

LucidiPevere, Gerla, Very Wood

They succeeded by creating a module, a form that could convey both artisan skill and the warmth of wood and able to function aesthetically either alone or as part of a composition. It is an element produced industrially using hot bending that is then assembled by hand and can be repeated to create larger backs giving rise to an entire range.

LucidiPevere, Gerla, Very Wood
LucidiPevere, Gerla, Very Wood
LucidiPevere, Gerla, Very Wood
LucidiPevere, Gerla, Very Wood
LucidiPevere, Gerla, Very Wood