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Offecct’s chair Robo by Luca Nichetto to compete in Compasso d’Oro ADI

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Offecct is honored to be chosen to compete in Compasso d’Oro ADI with the chair Robo designed by Luca Nichetto. Today the exhibition of all the competing objects will open at Spazio A ex Ansaldo, Via Bergognone 34 (Zona Tortona) in Milan Italy and will be open for the public during the the Salone del Mobile.

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This year the award turns 60, which not only makes it one of the most coveted industrial design awards in the world but also one of the oldest. The design of Robo is inspired by a 1999 music video by Icelandic artist Björk and Chris Cunningham, in which robots become human and come to life.
robo-chair-4All the parts of the chair fit into a 50x50x20 cm box, which facilitates transport and also meets Offecct’s stringent environmental demands.

robo-chair-1Luca Nichetto about the design for Robo – I thought the video’s concept of robots being constructed and given life was so exciting, and I couldn’t stop thinking that it should be possible to do something similar with furniture,” Nichetto says. “My fantasy became reality when I transformed the forms of the human robots into chairs, which were later named Robo.

 
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Watch the video of how Robo assembles here!


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