Zanat Unna Chair
UNNA CHAIR
UNNA CHAIR
Designed by Monica Förster
The designer’s aim was a stackable and sturdy chair with strikingly soft, minimalistic, yet humanistic expression sculpted entirely in solid wood. Unna, as noted by the jury of the Swedish Golden Chair Award, is an extraordinarily comfortable wooden chair, featuring a finely curved seat and backrest, made from solid wood sections.
The chair can be individualized by applying Zanat’s exquisite carving techniques. The designer has come up with a modernist interpretation of traditional Konjic woodcarving, preserving, however, the original technique and tools.
The carvings on black or wenge stained chairs can also be stained or unstained to reveal the light wood color. For better comfort, an optional magnetically attached cushion in leather can be added.
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.
Monica Förster, who is one of the top names within Swedish design, has created some of the future’s classic designs. Always trying to work in across disciplinary way, she invents and renews typologies in industrial, furniture and object design.
Monica Förster Design Studio is based in Stockholm, and works globally with companies such as Volvo, 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.
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BRAND
Zanat
DESIGNER
Monica Förster
UNNA CHAIR IS STACKABLE
Tested and certified for use in public spaces in accordance with BAS EN 16 139: 2014 standard.
DIMENSIONS
- Width : 52 cm (20.5”)
- Depth : 51 cm (20”)
- Height : 82 cm (32.5”)
MATERIAL NOTES
Solid wood
AWARDS
Interior Innovation Award 2015 Golden Chair Award
PRODUCT TYPE
Chair
USE
Indoor
DETAIL
Unna Chair is the winner of the Interior Innovation Award 2015 presented by the German Design Council and the Golden Chair Award by the Swedish Architects Association.
COLLECTION
Unna
PRODUCTION
Made in Bosnia and Herzegovina
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
-Removable cushion in soft black or brown leather.
-Removable cushion in uncoated saddle leather.
DETAIL
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
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.
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 TYPES
WOOD TYPES
