Lama

Overview

Lama is Palomba Serafini Associati's 2006 lounge chair for Zanotta. Its broad, surrounding form was developed in a search for new postures and kinds of comfort, creating what the manufacturer calls a small shelter for reading or listening to music that is also large enough to share.

Construction

Model 921 combines a graphite-varnished steel frame with polyurethane upholstery supported on elastic strips. Fabric and leather covers are removable; the cowhide cover is non-removable.

Product record

Zanotta credits the design to Palomba Serafini Associati and dates it to 2006.

• Model: 921
• Frame: Graphite-varnished steel
• Suspension: Elastic strips
• Cover: Removable fabric or leather; non-removable cowhide

A shelter for changing postures

Zanotta describes Lama as a study in new comforts and postures. Palomba Serafini Associati drew a form that surrounds the body and approaches the limits of organic shape, giving the lounge chair the character of a small domestic shelter. The manufacturer's account names reading and listening to music as uses for this protected seat, while noting that its breadth also allows it to be shared. That concept is carried by a polyurethane-upholstered surface suspended on elastic strips above a graphite steel frame.