Zanat Unity Side Table & Stool
UNITY SIDE TABLE & STOOL
UNITY SIDE TABLE & STOOL
Designed by Monica Förster
Unity side table/stool portrays inseparable links that connect humanity as a whole, a notion made clear to us throughout the Covid-19 pandemic.
Unity was designed in the context of Zanat’s 2020 Lockdown Dialogues project.The designer and artist, Monica Förster, has masterfully managed to translate her abstract humanistic idea into a functional object of artistic beauty.
This object is equally suited for use as a side table and a stool. Assembled from four separately sculpted solid wood segments with elegant hand-carved details, Unity stool/side table is available in Zanat’s signature black-stained maple and oiled walnut finishes.
DESIGNER
MONICA FÖRSTER
“I sometimes say that I am not interested in form, but that may not be entirely true. What I mean is simply that the idea behind each project is more important. When the idea is set I focus on shape, colour and detail.”
Monica Förster is the creator of some of the most internationally renowned objects in contemporary Swedish design today. Her work is characterized by a strong sense of pure form mixed with a never-ending curiosity for new materials and technology.
Always trying to work in across disciplinary way, she invents and renews typologies in industrial, furniture and object design.Monica Förster, who is one of the top names within Swedish design, has created some of the future’s classic designs.
Monica Förster Design Studio is based in Stockholm, and works globally with companies such as Vozlvo, Tecno, Alessi, Cappellini, Poltrona Frau, De Padova, Bernhardt, Whirlpool, Georg Jensen, Eric Joergensen, Offecct, Swedese and Rörstrand
She has been awarded numerous Swedish and international awards, which include multiple Designer of the Year awards in Sweden and has been exhibited all over the world in museums and institutions such as MoMA, New York and VA museum, London.
Monica Förster has also been represented in the International Design Yearbook. Monica has not only designed an impressive number of award-winning products for Zanat, but having been the brand’s art director from the time Zanat’s was formally launched as a brand, Monica’s design DNA has been imprinted into Zanat’s design identity. Monica gave Zanat her trust before there was a collection of products and before we raised the sails to venture into the international design world. She has been a tireless design captain on our voyage ever since.
INFORMATION
TYPE
- Stool
- Vunity Side Table
BRAND
Zanat
COLLECTION
Unity
MATERIAL
Solid Wood
SHAPE
Elegant Hand-Carved
SEAT DIMENSIONS
- Width : 31.5 cm / 2.5”
- Height : 12.5”Cm / 17”
DETAIL
The product’s timeless elegance and the quality of craftsmanship should guarantee its exceptional longevity and sustainability.
PRODUCTION
Made in Bosnia and Herzegovina
YEAR OF PRODUCTION
2020
TOP MATERIAL
Solid Wood
DESIGNER
Monica Förster
CARE
All Zanat products can be cleaned with soft dry or damp cotton or other soft cloth. For repairs and reoiling of oil-finished products, please consult our Care & Maintenance manual. Oil-finished dining tables come with a free care & maintenance kit. The kits can also be purchased from Zanat.
WOOD TYPES
- Walnut, Oil
- Maple Black Stain+matt Lacquer
WARRANTY
Zanat provides a five-year limited warranty against manufacturing defects in standard products (materials and workmanship). Wear, tear and product damages is not covered under this warranty. The claims will not cover minor checks in wood, which result from relative humidity changes. Cracks in wood that result as a consequence of air humidity outside the above-indicated safe range, discolorations resulting from direct exposure of products to sunlight or otherwise improper use will not be covered under the warranty. Claims from end users must be submitted to the dealer from whom the product was purchased in order to be considered.
WOOD
All wood used in Zanat’s products comes from sustainably managed forests or private fruit orchards (walnut and cherry). FSC certificates for forest-originating wood are available upon request. Moreover, in 2021 Zanat undertook a commitment to plant three new trees for every tree we used to produce our products. Color variations and small healthy knots in wood are indications of material authenticity and cannot be considered a defect.
Wood is a hygroscopic material which absorbs and sheds moisture to adopt to the humidity of the environment in which it is placed and it expands or shrinks as a consequence. To minimize checking and cracking, all Zanat products should be kept indoors (outdoors use is OK if protected from precipitation and direct sunlight) and air humidity should not be less than 40% or more than 70%. Humidity outside this range is not optimal for human health and can result in product damage.
