Seleri doesn’t have too strong a character. It’s distinctive, but it doesn’t fight for attention and it blends in to environments.
Chairs should be like good alphabets: when they’re laid down, they should disappear into the page, while still impacting how you view the whole. We didn’t want something that screamed for attention.
Read interview about Seleri chair by Oli Stratford on Disegno Daily (PDF)
Inspired partly by the spirit and the enduring quality of the British utility furniture from 1940’s, Seleri is Mentsen’s take on classic utilitarian wooden chairs. The structure is kept simple and efficient with small footprint.
Designed in 2012 and 2013, Seleri family is produced by Zilio A&C (IT).
Simple but agreeable designs
Of particular influence was the work of the Utility Furniture Advisory Committee, an organisation in existence between 1942 and 1952 in which designers such as Gordon Russell and Edwin Clinch produced a number of state approved furniture designs, all of which were austere, minimal and durable enough to fit with the scarcity of materials created by the War.