Paola Lent Clique Parasol
CLIQUE PARASOL
CLIQUE PARASOL
Designed by Francesco Rota
Series composed of seating elements and side table to be used with Bistrò and Mogambo parasols.
DESIGNER
FRANCESCO ROTA
Francesco Rota was born in 1966 in Milan. He is the grandson of the owners of SAFAR, a historic radio and TV equipment company in business from 1923 to 1948.
In 1991, after gaining some professional experience, he enrolled at the Art Center College of Design in La Tour de Peilz, Switzerland, where he graduated in 1994.
From the outset, Rota did not limit his aspirations to industrial design but worked in various sectors ranging from product to interior design, lighting and fittings.
Always striving for comfort, simplicity and function, Rota boasts important collaborations with international brands, including Bals Tokyo, Barilla, Driade, Fiat, Frag, John Richmond, Knoll International, Living Divani, L'Oreal Paris, Malo, Martini & Rossi, Moroso and Versus.
He created installations for Daimler Chrysler Mercedes Benz during the 8th International Architecture Exhibition in Venice (2004) at Le Corderie dell'Arsenale and the 'Terrazza Martini' for Martini & Rossi during the 62nd International Film Festival in Venice (2005).
His passion for sailing became a source of inspiration during his collaboration - established in 1997 - with Paola Lenti; weaving nautical lines into fabric became the basis of their successful furnishing accessories.
With Paola Lenti, he won the Compasso d'Oro ADI Honourable Mention in 2001 and 2004 for the Linea and Island chairs. In 2014, he received the Special Mention at the German Design Award with the Daydream collection, while Smile and Frame won the MIAW (MUUUZ International Design Awards).
One year later, he won the Red Dot Award in the Product Design category, the German Design Award in the Excellent Product Design category and the Good Design Award for Furniture with the Move sofa.
That same year he also received the Special Mention at the German Design Award in the Excellent Product Design category for the Kanji table. Awards and mentions continued in 2017 with Uptown (Good Design Award in the Furniture category) and Agio, which won the ADA Archiproducts Design Awards.
Rota's association with Lapalma - a furniture components company founded by Dario and Romano Marcato - of which he became art director in 2013, was a crucial step in the designer's career.
In addition to introducing new products, he strengthened the brand's visibility in foreign markets. For Lapalma, he curated fittings for the Salone del Mobile and IMM Cologne.
His first product lines were the OLO and CUT chairs. The ADD collection earned him a Compasso d'Oro Honourable Mention and the Red Dot Design Award in 2016 with a seating and backrest system for waiting areas or lounges. Since 2008, he has designed tables, coffee tables, bookcases, beds and sofas for LEMA, using high-quality materials and essential forms. With Oluce, he created refined and expressive lamps such as Canopy, Kin, Lens and Line; he is also responsible for the interior design of the offices, showroom and warehouse of the Oluce Milan factory and headquarters.
His work has been shown in numerous exhibitions and at renowned institutions, including St. Etienne Biennale du Design, Hannover Messe, Triennale di Milano, Reggia di Venaria Reale in Turin, Moss and Material Connection in New York, the Biennale di Architettura in Venice, Biltmore Fashion Park in Phoenix, Bellerive Museum in Zurich.
INFORMATION
BRAND
Paola Lent
COLLECTION
Clique
PRODUCT TYPE
Parasol
USE
Outdoor
PRODUCTION
Made in Italy
BASE
Support in phenolic multilayer wood.
UPHOLSTERY
Removable and available in the outdoor fabrics listed here below.
STRUCTURE
Aluminium, matt or gloss varnished in the colours in the collection (reference for colours: Mano Lucida wood sample collection).
DESIGNER
Francesco Rota
SHAPE
Dome-shaped
PADDING
Stress resistant differentiated polyurethane, fixed foam coverin waterproofed polyester fabric.
SEATING ELEMENTS
The seating elements are positioned around the parasol upright thanks to a recess created into their structure.
ENVIRONMENT
Outdoor
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DETAIL
The side table can be fixed to the parasol upright at the desired height; the position can be changed by means of a joint positioned under the table.
TECHNICAL DRAWINGS
TECHNICAL DRAWINGS
UPHOLSTERY FABRIC
MANO LUCIDA
Reference colours for the matt and gloss varnishing.
ROPE T
Composition: 100% polyolefin
This fabric has the same characteristics as the Rope fabric, but it is woven with yarns and not with cords.
For this reason, its structure is much lighter and allows for the execution of any stitching. It can be used to upholster a wide range of seating and all the cushions and seat pads of the Outdoor Collection.
ROPE T MÉLANGE
Composition: 100% polyolefin
This fabric has the same characteristics as the Rope T fabric, but it is woven using a braid made up of yarns of different hues, contrasting or in matching tones.
Alike the version in solid colours, its structure is light and at the same time strong and allows for the execution of any kind of stitching. It can be used to upholster a wide range of seating and all the cushions and seat pads of the Outdoor Collection.
BRIO
Composition: 100% polyolefin.
This fabric has the same characteristics as the Rope T fabric and is produced with twisted yarns and cords.
Its structure allows for the execution of any stitching. It can be used to upholster a wide range of seatings and all the cushions and seat pads of the Outdoor Collection.
THEA
Composition: 100% polyolefin
This fabric has similar characteristics to Brio fabric while being slightly softer to the touch. Its texture allows for the execution of any stitching. Thea reproduces the classic jacquard weave of indoor fabrics, though updating colours and pattern to become an unprecedented outdoor fabric.
Thea is used to upholster a wide range of seating and all the seat pads and cushions in the Outdoor collection.
WARA
Composition: 80% polyolefin, 20% polyester
This fabric is made of a yarn that reproduces the natural effect of woven straw. The specific production technique gives this upholstery material a very high endurance and a great stability. Wara is used to cover a wide range of seating and all the seat pads and cushions in the Outdoor collection.
Wara also covers the seating panels of the Toku shading structures in the Landscapes collection and the elements composing the Tessera rug in the Natural rugs collection.
WHIM
- Composition: 100% polyolefin
- Technique: loom weaving
To obtain Whim, weft and warp in different colors of Rope yarn are woven and processed in order to obtain a subtle and delicate bouclé effect, generating that slightly three-dimensional surface that makes Whim soft and
cozy.
Equipped with all the features that make it suitable for outdoor use, Whim can be used to cover a wide range of seats and all the seat pads and cushions of the Aqua collection.
MOSS
- Composition: 100% polyolefin
- Technique: loom weaving
To obtain the textural appearance of this fabric, the most important process lays upstream of the weaving. Once loom-woven, the yarn itself creates a special bouclé effect that identify the fabric.
Its three-dimensionality
and the willingly irregular texture are due to the density and compactness of the weaving, that make Moss a dense, solid and particularly inviting fabric. It can be used as upholstery for a wide range of seating furniture and all seat pads and cushions in the Aqua collection.
ROSETO
To obtain the textural appearance of this fabric, the yarn is woven on a jacquard loom to create a particular bouclé effect. The different selected colours contribute to the creation of a design recalling the branches of trees and bushes.
Its three-dimensionality and the willingly irregular texture are due to the density and compactness of the weaving, that make Roseto a dense, solid and particularly inviting fabric. They can be used as upholstery for a wide range of seating furniture and all seat pads and cushions in the Aqua collection.
