LA PAGNOTTINA

A mixture of opposites – thick and thin, soft and rigid – is the concept behind the forms of the two radical seats La Pagnotta and La Pagnottina, designed by Gaetano Pesce for Meritalia®.

The Pagnottina chair is light and versatile, available in many different coverings. Like the Pagnotta armchair from the same series, Pagnottina is made up of fourteen carbon–fibre legs defining its solid structure.

The back and seat are streamlined, with lighter paddings and clean – almost rationalist –  lines, which determine the character of this radical seat.

Pagnottina is a radical object in its appearance as well as in the technology behind its construction: a flexible structure, adapting to – and supporting – the weight of the sitting body, with no bulk, no hassle, and in total comfort.

Gaetano Pesce's multifaceted and polyhedral personality motivates his fame as a designer, artist, and architect. Through his work, Pesce has profoundly impacted the landscape of contemporary design, navigating a diverse career that spans architecture, art, furniture design, and sculptural works. "My career is not monolithic, but fragmented," this is how Pesce defined his journey, which began in the late 1950s and continued until 2024. Far from being linear, his path has been marked by bold eclecticism, leading him to engage with various design disciplines while demonstrating a penchant for experimentation and playfulness. Pesce challenged both aesthetic and functional conventions, creating objects with the immediate power to become unforgettable.

Since the early 1960s, Pesce has played a pivotal role within the radical design movement, characterised by an iconoclastic vision, aimed at breaking with the conventions of positivist modernism and exploring new creative possibilities. Through relentless innovation, artistic exploration and profoundly radical intellectual dynamism, Pesce emerged as a beacon of change, reshaping the landscape of contemporary design.

W 40, D 40, H 85 cm; 6 Kg