BY GAMFRATESI
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GamFratesi has been working with GUBI
since the inception of their studio and the
development of the Beetle Chair. With their
own dual heritage, Italian Enrico Fratesi
and Danish Stine Gam share GUBI’s ability
to synthesize seemingly opposing ideas – the
classic and the contemporary, the intellectual
and the sensual, the understated and the
expressive, the manufactured and the unique.
These juxtapositions, as well as the boldness
and curiosity that drives their desire to find
inspiration in unfamiliar territory, are
epitomized in the Beetle. Today, the Beetle
has evolved into a natural family of typologies
comprising a dining chair, meeting chair,
lounge chair, sofa, ottoman, stools, as well as
counter & bar chairs.
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