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Close-up of the blue backrest, a wavy-topped panel with visible wood grain, set between two square uprights above the seat.

La Moderna Chair

2019

Personal Project

La Moderna chair is a tribute to the architects and designers that shaped the design scene in Mexico. This chair follows the philosophy of creators like Ricardo Legorreta and Antonio Attollin. The construction logic follows three levels of sculpting of its elements. The most sculpted shapes are the ones that are in direct contact with the body, while the most geometric ones do not touch it.

Front three-quarter view of the blue chair, showing the curved backrest and seat floating within the square frame.
Rear view of the blue chair, showing the back of the curved panel behind a cross rail and the underside of the seat.
Close-up of the blue La Moderna chair: a curved backrest panel and dished seat in blue-stained oak with visible grain, on a square frame, against a pale wall and concrete floor.
White La Moderna scale model beside an open sketchbook of chair drawings, a small dark blue block and a thin sheet of walnut veneer, on a white background.
White scale model of the La Moderna chair seen from the front, with a curved backrest panel between two square posts above a dished seat, on a white background.
Moodboard on a white wall: taped photos of mid-century wooden chairs, chair sketches, a yellow sticky note with a chair drawing and a round piece of light wood.