A classic that has never stopped flying
After its first appearance, more than 50 years ago, Farfalla returns to the Italian design scene with a renewed, essential and significant sign. Designed in 1974 by Roberto Lucci and Paolo Orlandini, the chair – then known as Le Farfalle – is today reinterpreted by Folco Orlandini for True Design, a version faithful to the original spirit but projected into the present day.
Memory and transformation
Farfalla is the result of a passage of witnesses.
A seat that crosses generations, carrying with it the bold character of the original design and enriched with a new design sensibility.
The form remains recognizable: light, graphic, iconic. But today it is dressed in contemporary materials, including a selection of Gabriel Fabrics, and fits naturally into today’s living and working environments.
A gesture that makes space
Each element of Farfalla lives independently, but together with the other components it builds an organic, dynamic, constantly moving choreography.
It is a seat of course, but also a sign. A presence that animates the space, that communicates: visual lightness, strength of gesture, formal clarity. These are the traits that make Farfalla a timeless object, capable of surprising today as it did yesterday.
Design unchanged over time
Orlandini Design is today the bridge between two eras of design. On the one hand, the experience of Paolo Orlandini, a protagonist of the golden age of Italian design; on the other, the current look of Folco Orlandini, who signs a version of Farfalla that is more contemporary, freer, but still consistent with the original.
“Farfalla is the shining example of how a design project can overcome and go beyond the passing of the years, remaining unaffected and still fully valid today.”- Folco Orlandini
