Bibolina Chair

Name: Bibolina Chair
Brand: Julie Richoz
Price: 580.0 EUR
Availability: InStock

Upholstered seat

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Bibolina Chair

Upholstered seat

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Product informations

The Bibolina chair emulates all the charm of a little bistro chair. By revisiting the lines of this iconic seat, Julie Richoz has created a contemporary object that reflects grace and subtle elegance. It showcases all the expertise of Alki’s master craftsmen and women, and meets today’s requirements of being light and stackable, with the intelligent use of raw materials.

The starting point for the Bibolina chair was to get back to Alki’s fundamentals: offer a solid oak, bentwood chair that is compact and easy to handle with no compromise when it comes to comfort. The back and legs of the chair are in solid bent oak. The slightly curved seat is in three-ply oak.

The name Bibolina, which means violin in Basque, echoes the feminine curves of the instrument that can be found in this product.

Alki invited Franco-Swiss designer Julie Richoz to add her fresh perspective to the co-operative’s know-how: the multi-piece Bibolina Collection is the fun and audacious result.
Playing on the contrast of materials – metal and solid oak – and colours, this collection with its elegant, pared-down lines comprises a chair and a system of tables.

Dimensions

Height 800 mm / 31.5 inch
Width 446 mm / 17.56 inch
Depth 380 mm / 14.95 inch
Seat Height 460 mm / 18.11 inch
Weight 4.6 kg

Designer

Julie Richoz:

Swiss-French designer Julie Richoz set up her eponymous design studio in Paris in 2015, through which she enjoys exploring with curiosity and sensibility the development of her own language through objects. From unique pieces to industrial scale, she sees a continuity rather than a difference between the two ways of production. In both cases, she is fascinated by the savoir-faire and the passion and precision in handling materials. Her practice ranges from objects, furniture, and lighting to textiles, for companies such as Alessi, Louis Poulsen, Hay, Mattiazzi, La Manufacture de Cogolin, Galerie kreo, among others.

After graduating from ECAL University of Art and Design Lausanne (2012), she worked for Pierre Charpin as a project assistant (2013-2015). She was a designer-in-residence at CIRVA Research Center on Art and Glass, France (2013), at Sèvres - Cité de la Céramique, France (2013), and at Casa Wabi, Mexico (2017). She has been awarded the Grand Prix at Design Parade (2012), Swiss Design Awards (2015/2019), Bourse Leenaards (2016) and the Grand Prix de la Création de la ville de Paris (2023). Since 2017, Richoz has taught industrial design at ECAL University of Art and Design Lausanne, Switzerland. "

Find out more: julierichoz.com/