Leggera Outdoor Chair

The Leggera moves outside as part of its evolu­tion as a flag­ship product between Gio Ponti and Cesare Cassina in a version crafted with a cutting-edge tech­nique, used here for the first time. Gio Ponti’s wood version chal­lenged the expe­ri­ence and skills of the Cassina joinery to pare the chair’s struc­ture down to its essence. Simi­larly, it was chal­leng­ing for this new steel version to have the same light­ness and purity of arche­type. Cassina borrowed a new tech­nique from a Formula One auto­mo­tive produc­tion process and hydro­form­ing, preserv­ing its distinc­tive aesthet­ics and emblem­atic light­ness. Unlike the tradi­tional casting tech­niques, this intri­cate method expands the thin curved tubular steel from its inte­rior outward to give the struc­ture its shape. In a series of processes, each tube is inserted into a closed mold and then pressed and molded, filling out its form. The indi­vid­ual compo­nents are then care­fully welded together.

Leggera Outdoor comes in three colors: ivory, mud, and green. The seat comes in the mud color mud or woven cord, with the option to add an uphol­stered seat and backrest cushions. 

Thanks to work carried out by Cassina LAB, the Leggera Outdoor chair can be completely disas­sem­bled and all of its compo­nents recy­cled at the end of the produc­t’s life cycle, in a more eco-friendly, respect­ful approach to the environment.