Image source: Cappellini — Hi Pad
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Hi Pad
Padded chair with a beech plywood structure and stainless steel base by Jasper Morrison
420 × 810 × 525 mm
1999
Italy
Official product information
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Overview
The Hi Pad chair is a 1999 design by Jasper Morrison, made by Cappellini. The company credits master upholsterers working with innovative techniques for a leather or fabric cover that hugs the contoured edge of the padding. The page places it among chairs and small armchairs.
Construction
The structure is bent and shaped beech plywood with multi-density polyurethane foam padding, finished with a fixed cover in fabric or leather. Underneath sits a stainless steel base, either satined or matt lacquered.
Specifications
42 x 52.5 x 81 cm (HP_1).
Story
A cover that follows the padding
On the Cappellini page, the Hi Pad chair is presented as a piece where upholstery skill meets new techniques, so that the cover adheres to the padding edge. The sheet adds that the fabric version is finished with a piping in the same fabric, while the leather version has its profile varnished black.
Residential and contract use
Cappellini describes the Hi Pad chairs as sober and rigorous in design and suitable for residential and contract settings. The range also carries Greenguard Gold certification, which the page presents as a standard for emissions control.
