Rodolfo Dordoni was born in Milan, where he studied architecture. Alongside a long career in product design and art direction, his studio, Dordoni Architetti, works on architecture and interiors: homes and villas, retail and commercial spaces, showrooms, restaurants and hotels. For Very Wood he designed EGADI, named after the islands off western Sicily. The collection, an armchair, a stool and a family of chairs, rests on a single principle: a balance between parts. A light, upholstered seat and backrest appear to float on a solid ash frame that stays fully visible, so the woodwork itself carries the design. The chairs are offered with three backrests, a low tub-chair form and two taller versions with or without arms, which makes the collection adaptable to restrained residential interiors and to hospitality and contract settings alike.
