Ventimiglia, Italy
The Fragile by Alexander Lervik is unique in its kind, created from granite blocks from a quarry outside Ventimiglia in northern Italy.
Fragile Seating has been awarded a Prize Design for Modern Furniture + Lighting 2023 by Global Design News and The Chicago Athenaeum Museum for Architecture and Design.
A transparent frame of multicolored glass supports 400 kilos of granite block for the table, and the chair has a granite base that supports the seat and back in multicolored glass.
“The stone furniture is symbolic in several ways, and the contrasts of the materials are in focus. For the table, the 400-kilogram boulder rests on top of the fragile glass. It is a metaphor for our strange reality, where the fate of the entire world depends on thin, fragile agreements between countries.” says Alexander Lervik.
The stone is carefully selected by designer Alexander Lervik, for its beautiful veining.
To create contrast in the stone and highlight the veining, Alexander ground three sides and left the rest to retain its natural shape for the chair and round the upper and lower parts of the table.
The polished surfaces contrast with the natural roughness of the edges and cause the light to be caught in different ways.
Project: Fragile Seating
Designers: Lervik Design AB.
Lead Designer: Alexander Lervik
Manufacturer: Lervik Design AB.