TAORMINA Collection

Alfredo Häberli, 2005

Developed from the Segesta concept, TAORMINA is the upholstered seating collection designed by Alfredo Häberli. Upholstered in fabric, leather or eco-leather, the shell that characterizes the entire collection is made of technopolymer coupled with flexible polyurethane foam, which gives the completely removable seats softness and comfort. Thanks to the multiple structure possibilities supporting its enveloping shell Taormina is able to fit various interior design projects.

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TAORMINA

The TAORMINA–ENNA upholstered chair family, designed by Alfredo Häberli, has enriched the Alias catalogue since 2005. Developed from the Segesta and Erice concepts, it reinterprets their enveloping lines in generous, welcoming volumes, where the softness of the upholstery interacts with its geometric essentiality. Each seat becomes a discreet embrace, an expression of the designer's distinctive graphic gesture, capable of precisely defining curves and surfaces.

Alfredo Häberli

He was born in Buenos Aires in 1964 and moved to Zurich in 1977: here he began his work in 1988 as stand designer and curator of numerous exhibitions at the Museum für Gestaltung. He received a degree in Industrial Design from the Höhere Schule für Gestaltung in 1991. In 1997 he designed for Alias the SEC modular system. In the following years he designed Legnoletto (2001), Segesta (2003), Plein Air (2007), Stabiles (2009), Cross table, TEC (2011), The Erice and Enna chairs, Tessiletto bed (2013), Ago table (2014) and Time armchair (2019), which won the RedDot Design Award in 2020.
He lives and works in Zurich.

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