Livre, the armchair with a unique and personal style designed by Federica Biasi

The Livre armchair, designed by Federica Biasi for Gallotti & Radice, has been created to fulfil every need and interior decor. It can match a classic setting as well as a contemporary one. The harmonious, enveloping proportions inspired by the Oriental style are interpreted to favor comfort and functionality. The thread uniting the whole project is the care lavished on the detailing.

At a glance

What is it?
Livre is an upholstered armchair designed for both the home and hospitality settings. It is equally functional in the living room or sleeping quarters.
What is the design concept ?
The design idea underlying the creation of Livre was inspired by Oriental lines and in particular Japanese design.
How is it made?
The armchair has an inner structure in wood and derivatives as well as metal parts, padded with non-deformable polyurethane foam of variable density and polyester fiber. The base is in open-pore black-stained solid ash. Livre has fully removable covers. and is available with fabric or leather upholstery in the colors of the range of samples.
How is it produced and where?
It is a product completely made in Italy.
How is it manufactured?
Traditional craft techniques together with advanced industrial processes underpin the production of the Livre armchair, a perfect synthesis of accomplished experience, manual skills and technological innovation.
What makes it special?
The uniqueness of the armchair lies not only in expressing the richness of the materials but also the elegance of the forms.
What is it like?
Feminine, sensitive, masterly.
In the designer’s own words
"I am happy with the product because it fully expresses the ambivalence between the purpose of the designer and what the company actually is and the way it seeks to display itself externally.”