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Hiroi
Compact armchair in solid ash with a leather-covered seat and backrest, by Janský & Dunděra
755 × 740 × 620 mm
2021
Italy
Official product information
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Overview
The Hiroi armchair is a 2021 design by Cyril Dunděra and Matěj Janský for Cappellini. The page describes it as a comfortable, compact armchair built on two refined materials, leather and wood, with a strongly arched back rest and seat.
Construction
The structure is solid ash wood, bleached, oak-stained or black-stained. The seat and backrest are ash veneered beech plywood, upholstered internally in saddle leather that is fixed in place, and the feet are grey felt.
Specifications
75.5 x 62 x 74 cm (HR_1).
Story
Leather and wood only
Cappellini presents Hiroi as an armchair that relies on just two materials: leather and wood. The page calls it visually light and well balanced, and says its visual purity conceals exceptional manufacturing expertise, particularly in the extremely arched shape of the back rest and seat.
A collaboration with two young designers
The page says the design was born from Cappellini working with two up-and-coming designers from Eastern Europe, who sign the piece as Janský & Dunděra. Five leather colours are offered for the seat and back rest.