Serena – Glass & Wood Armchair
by PROSA · itajai, Brazil

Today’s world finds itself in a time where it is increasingly important to find the human element in art. In a new reality where artificial intelligence comes to catalyze a process that was already latent—that of the exhaustive reproduction of existing works through reimaginings, revisitations, and reinterpretations—it becomes increasingly challenging to find that factor that makes us different from the machine, that makes us break away from the norm and move towards authenticity. The Serena armchair aims to bring this reflection through the inversion of the roles of structure and covering of an armchair.

Glass is known for its transparency and ability to allow light to pass through. In the context of the armchair, glass becomes a visual metaphor for the idea of the hidden subject, something that is not seen but is present and consequently allows light to shine on the structure of the armchair, which carries within it all the weight of the manual craftsmanship imprinted on the work.

As a result, PROSA created an armchair where all its elements can be seen from all possible perspectives at the same time. An armchair stripped of false pretensions or simplifications, allowing itself to be fully revealed without hiding any detail.

Built through specifically designed joints to bring a sense of lightness, the Serena armchair was entirely handcrafted, without the use of any hardware. The seat and backrest, made of curved, laminated, and tempered glass, rest on solid freijó wood beams manually adapted one by one to achieve greater harmony between the two contrasting materials.

The final composition includes a side table, available in different types of wood and glass, including options like smoked and bronze glass, made from a single 12mm sheet, curved and tempered, bringing even more lightness to the final composition of the piece.

80x80x75cm
Extra clear 12mm tempered glass + solid wood