Lapal mawasbor nf r omani de aofDar i oandRomanoMar c at oatt hebe gi nni ngoft he80s . Bot hoft he mc amef r omt hes e c t orofhi ghpr e c i s i onme c hani c sands t ar t e dt oc r e at ef ur ni s hi ngj us tf orpas s i on, i ni t i al l ybyhandi c r af tandt he naddi ngi mpr ov e me nt sandde t ai l st hats oont ookt hef i r s tpr oduc t s t ot hel e v e lofi nt e r nat i onali nt e r e s t . Thebr andwasr e c ogni z e di nt hef ur ni s hi ngs e c t ort hank st oi t smar bl eandgl as st abl e s ,wi t hl at e re v ol ut i onsandl at e rt abl e andc hai rc ol l e c t i onsi nwood. Thepr oduc t shav ec l e anande l e gantl i ne sandi nt e r e s t i ngc ombi nat i onsofmat e r i al s( woodgl as s l e at he r s t e e l ) , whe r et her at i onalf unc t i onal i t ye v ol v e si ns obe rbe aut y . Mor er e c e nt l yt hef or msar ec har ac t e r i z e dt hr oughane x t r e meandne ar l yc r y s t al l i nec l e ar ne s s , appr oac hi ngt hear c he t y peofs e at i ngort hef undame nt ali de aoft abl e . Thi swasmadepos s i bl et hr ought hec ar e f ulus eofnobl emat e r i al ss uc hass t ai nl e s ss t e e landc ur v e dwoodwi t hmi ni malt hi c k ne s s andr e duc e dbe ndi ng,and,att hes amet i me ,t hr oughac ompl e t e l yi nt e r nalpr oduc t i onpr oc e s s ( c e r t i f i c at eUNIENI SO9001)t hatal l owsanac c ur at ec ont r olov e rt hewhol epr oduc t i onc hai n. Lapal ma' swor khasbe e nr e gul ar l yi nc r e as i ngdur i ngt hel as tt e ny e ar sandi thase x pande di t spr e s e nc ei nt hei nt e r nat i onalmar k e t s , pr opos i ngpr oduc t st hathav ene v e rf ai l e dt or ous et hec ur i os i t yandi nt e r e s tofar c hi t e c t sandc l i e nt s . Lapal mapr oduc t saddr e s st oac ons ume rwhoappr e c i at e sde s i gnandde mandshi ghqual i t y ,bot hi nt hepr i v at eandi nt hepubl i cs e c t or . Adv e r t i s i ngi spl anne dandc onduc t e di ns i det hef i r mandc onc e nt r at e s onf ur ni t ur eandde s i gnmagaz i ne saswe l lasl i f e s t y l emagaz i ne st hatar edi s t r i but e di nt hemai nwe s t e r nc ount r i e s . Lapal ma' sc ol l e c t i onhasal way sbe e nqui t er e f i ne dandf r e ef r omos t e nt at i ons ; i tc ombi ne sf ur ni t ur ee l e me nt st hatwe l lc ompl e t eoneanot he r ,c r e at i ngac ont i nuousl i neofde s i gn. Thi sf ac thasbe e ne v i de nc e dbyamode l( t heMANT Ac hai r )i npr oduc t i ons i nc e1984,whi c hhasbe e nr e s i s t i ngt hemut abi l i t yoff as hi on. I twoul dbedi f f i c ul tands upe r f i c i alt ol i s tt hepr oduc t st hathav ebe e nmos t l ys ol d, ase v e r ys i ngl eoneoft he mi smai nl ys ui t abl ef oroneoft hev ar i ouss e c t or swhe r et he yar eus e d. Ther e l at i ons hi pwi t ht hede s i gne r shasbe e ne s s e nt i alf r omt hebe gi nni ng,and,s ameasf ort hev oc at i onofs al e sabr oad, ar e l at i onofc ol l abor at i onbe t we e nLapal maands e v e r alf or e i gnde s i gne r shasde v e l ope d. Thank st ot he i re x pe r i e nc eandc ul t ur albac k gr oundst he yhav ec ont r i but e dt oc r e at eac ol l e c t i on ofpr oduc t ss ol di nmor et han50c ount r i e st oday . Col ogne ’ sI nt e r i orI nnov at i onAwar d2007honour e dt heAr i as t ac k i ngc hai rwi t haBe s tI t e mpr i z e . I n2000,t heLEM s t oolr e c e i v e dt heDe s i gnpr oduc toft hey e ari nLondonf r omt hej ur yoft heFXI nt e r nat i onalDe s i gnAwar d. I n2005Coxc apt ur e dDe s i gnPl us ,anawar dgi v e nbyt heGe r manCounc i lf orDe s i gnandt heFr ank f ur tMe s s e
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" Toc r e a t ea ndpr oduc ef ur ni t ur ee l e me nt sofhi gha e s t he t i c a l ,f unc t i ona la ndt e c hnol ogi c a lva l ue . I nor de rt oi mpr ovec omf or t ,qua l i t ya nds t yl ei ns i det hehome ,wor ki ngpl a c e s a ndot he rpl a c e sofs oc i a l i z a t i on.I nc onf or mi t ywi t ht heUNIENOI SO9001s t a nda r ds a ndr e s pe c t i ngna t ur e . "