Designers Matteo Thun and Antonio Rodriguez created the Garcon bench for Baxter. It successfully combines timeless beauty and functional modernity in its well-worn yet thoroughly modern form.
The formal component of the design is taken care of by essential and severe shapes that bring to life a pleasant, padded seat in polyurethane foam, coupled with a supporting structure in fir plywood. The legs of the bench are crafted in black metal.
The coating for the limited-edition Belle de Jour was designed by Matteo Thun and Antonio Rodriguez, who used an innovative pleating process to bring a unique graphic pattern to life in a seamless synthesis of contemporary ideals and traditional skills. The iconic and distinctive design of the Garcon bench was inspired by and derived from the sensation of rhythm that was created by the striped texture of the handcrafted leather.