Arper
Established in Italy in 1989, Arper is fulfilling an entrepreneurial project that grew out of leather workshop. Today the company exports to over 80 countries with a varied range of chairs and tables which are equally suited for the residential, contract and office sectors.
The creativity and passion of the founder and company President, Luigi Feltrin, together with the research and innovation promoted by his sons Mauro and Claudio — now company Managing Director — are the qualities distinguishing Arper today.
At the end of the 1990s, Arper launched an industrial project that took the company into the design field and led to the use of new materials and technologies and a marked change in scale. The encounter with the Lievore Altherr Molina design firm was another important milestone for Arper resulting in a fruitful collaboration leading to a series of new products that would turn out to be classics. They include the family of Catifa chairs which are available in 5 different versions and have sold over a million units since 2001.
Arper has called upon other leading international designers to create its chairs, tables, sofas, stools and small armchairs. Rodolfo Dordoni, Jean-Marie Massaud, Simon Pengelly, and Ichiro Iwasaki have all brought their different cultural backgrounds, thoughts and languages into the company while interpreting the distinctive Arper style: a sleek, sophisticated, contemporary style assuming timeless universal forms capable of fitting perfectly into all settings.
