Legs is more.

Tango
Arflex Japan - 2019

Legs is more.

Tango is the name of a famous dance from the Rio della Plata basin. In this dance legs move sinuously in fascinating figures. Sometimes the dancers hold a suspended position, while they create figures of great dynamic tension with the the diagonal lines drawn by their legs. Likewise, in the Tango chair, the diagonal structure of the legs is the key element that gives visual lightness to the object.

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The sculptor Phidias in the metopes of the Parthenon frieze gives us an idea of how much dynamism can be transmitted by a static object, through the use of diagonals, the proportions and the tapered shapes typical of the moving body.

Body, shape, movement.

The diameter of the tapered legs of the Tango chair becomes slimmer and wider in accordance with the structural needs: there is more material near the joints and more lightness in the rest of the leg. Its shape is imposed by a logic of organic functionalism, exactly like the muscles of a human being.

In the art of Phidias, in the Parthenon metopes, we note how static figures can exude a huge sense of dynamism, through the use of diagonals, proportion, defined muscles typical of the human body in movement.

Botanical graft.The rear leg connects to the front leg to create one half of the symmetrical supporting structure. The construction aims to be as simple and natural as possible and evokes the forms of botanical grafting. The rear leg becomes slimmer to the point of reaching, at the connection point, a slightly smaller diameter than the front leg one, and thus enter it perfectly. — Botanical graft.
The rear leg connects to the front leg to create one half of the *symmetrical supporting structure*. The construction aims to be as simple and natural as possible and evokes the forms of *botanical grafting*. The rear leg becomes slimmer to the point of reaching, at the connection point, a slightly smaller diameter than the front leg one, and thus enter it perfectly.

WANDERLUST

Domestic nature.

Natural forms bring with them an aerial and summer vision. We imagine a veranda as the point of the house where the nature of the landscape and the domestic warmth meet, where the vitality of the thought and the spirit of the memories mix. This is the ambition of the Tango chair: to lead in every architectural context an invariable element that is the combination of vitality and spirit evoked by wood.

In this drawing, an anonymous artist portrays the writer Murasaki Shikibu while sitting on the veranda contemplating the lake. It is interesting to note that traditional materials have the power to evoke an era in which the relationship between people and Nature was more direct and continuous. — In this drawing, an anonymous artist portrays the writer **Murasaki Shikibu** while sitting on the veranda contemplating the lake. It is interesting to note that traditional materials have the power to evoke an era in which the relationship between people and Nature was more direct and continuous.