Designer Paolo Favaretto has created a uniquely shaped chair back that simultaneously embraces and angles away from the user. The Venezia Chair (2006) doesn’t appear to be an armchair, but when you are seated in the chair, the ends of the chair rail are on either side of you, perfectly aligned as places to rest your arms. A difficult shape to mold in plastic, the Venezia is crafted with a slatted back that reminds Favaretto of the shape of a gondola’s bow iron. Placed on the bow of a boat in Italy, the symb…read more