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Milan 2014: Venetian designer Luca Nichetto has reimagined a traditional Tyrolean chair for his latest collaboration with Casamania, debuting in Milan this week.

Luca Nichetto‘s La-Dina is a contemporary reinterpretation of traditional wooden chairs from the Dolomite mountain range in west Austria and north-east Italy.

Its name is a pun on Ladin – Ladina in Italian – the language spoken by the people who once built their settlements in the region.

Luca Nichetto has simplified the form, using rounded lines and including a small upside-down triangular hole that punctures the back rest.

The legs are fixed into the solid wood of the seat, which in turn is secured to the backrest using a clamping wedge.

La-Dina is made from ash wood and is available in a range of colours.

The design marks Casamania‘s 30th anniversary and the 10th anniversary of its collaboration with Nichetto.

The brand is exhibiting at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile, Hall 16 Stand D39, in Milan until 13 April.

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This bookcase without shelves by Tokyo designer Chicako Ibaraki is now in production with Italian brand Casamania.

Ibaraki presented the Weave Bookcase prototype with young designers’ showcase Designersblock during the London Design Festival 2010 (see our earlier story) and exhibited the new version for Casamania at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile last month.

The free-standing structure is made of flat stainless-steel bars that intersect and overlap at right angles, coated in textured rubber to give the books some grip.

The Salone Internazionale del Mobile took place from 17 to 22 April. See all our stories about Milan 2012 here, plus photos on Facebook and Pinterest.

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Milan 2012: Copenhagen designers GamFratesi presented this trolley with enormous wheels for Italian brand Casamania in Milan last month.

Called Chariot, it comprises two trays in MDF or oak joined by a metal structure that doubles as a handle.

The wheels have rubber rims and the whole thing can be finished in white, bright red or natural oak with black metal.

See more work by GamFratesi here, including a desk with a hood and storage based on traditional sewing boxes, and watch our interview with them from 2010 here.

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The Salone Internazionale del Mobile took place from 17 to 22 April. See all our stories about Milan 2012 here, plus photos on Facebook and Pinterest.

Here’s some more information from Casamania:

Chariot is a mobile table consisting of three simple elements joined together: wheels, trays and structure. The wheels, which in common carts are usually small, are brought to the extreme size, becoming the iconic element of the project.

The rubber profile is inserted into the wheels for easy movement; the two trays act as storage compartments, the metal structure is also a handle: slightly raising the cart, it can be moved.

Milan 2011: UK designer Benjamin Hubert presented this ash chair for Italian brand Casamania at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan last week.

The chair, called Maritime, is constructed from ash plywood with the curves following the grain of the timber.

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The following is from Casamania:

Benjamin Hubert x Casamania

Maritime
Inspired by traditional wooden shipbuilding techniques maritime is a solid wood range of chairs that are skinned internally with a formed plywood shell.

The construction technique where the supports are visible on the outside allows for a distinctive design language that is in harmony with the material and production. The ribs allow for a structurally robust chair with minimum use of material.

Maritime is comprised from solid and laminate ash and offered as an upholstered option. To enhance the construction details the range is also offered in translucent dyed colourways.

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