Design and
Engineering
Forging, the process used to shape iron, pressing it between the hammer and anvil,
has a history that stretches back over millennia. Throughout the ages, this technique
has been used to create an infinite number of everyday objects and decorative ar-
tefacts. The Officina collection explores the possibility of establishing a new creative
language while working with an ancient fabrication process such as iron forging.
The collection includes tables and low tables, chairs, low chairs, stools, benches, a
series of accessories (from coat stands to a valet stand to candelabras and mirror)
and upholstered pieces (two armchairs, an ottoman and two-and three seater sofas).
All these pieces feature a forged iron structure with the allure of a raw material hand-
ed down through the centuries, alive, with those slight imperfections that make each
piece in this collection unique, with an unmistakably industrial feel, but combined with
a profoundly refined and elegant spirit.
Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec
