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Catifa (RE) Bench
A modular two- to four-seat bench that updates Catifa with shells made from recycled plastic.
2001
Official product information
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Overview
Catifa (RE) Bench updates Arper's Catifa bench in 2025, following the original 2001 design by Lievore Altherr Molina. It extends Catifa 53's curved, minimal shell into linked seating for public and waiting settings.
Construction
The seat shells use 100% recycled plastic sourced from post-consumer and post-industrial waste. Arper offers two-, three- and four-seat configurations, with optional integrated steel side tables.
Specifications
- Configurations: two, three or four seats
- Shell colours stated by Arper: white or black
- Optional integrated steel side tables
- Current official page does not publish a labelled dimension drawing
Story
Catifa translated into a bench
Arper dates the original design to 2001 and presents the current Catifa (RE) Bench as a 2025 update. The linked seating format carries Catifa 53's curved outline and restrained visual language into spaces that need several seats on one structure.
Recycled shell update
The update changes the shell material to 100% recycled plastic made from a mixture of post-consumer and post-industrial waste. Arper combines that material revision with modular seat counts and optional side tables, retaining the familiar Catifa silhouette while addressing shared public seating.
More by Lievore Altherr Molina
Collection
Catifa
Arper's Catifa family by Lievore Altherr Molina: Catifa 53 (2001), Catifa 46 (2004), Catifa Carta and Catifa (RE) chairs and stools on a single shell.
