Dezeen promotion: Italian designer Luca Nichetto has created a collection of furniture for Portugese brand De La Espada, which will launch at Shanghai's Festival of Design from 6 to 19 March 2016.
The Stella chair is one of the five pieces by the Stockholm-based designer to be revealed at the event, which is set to take place at Chinese studio Neri&Hu's Design Republic Commune store and gallery.
Nichetto's furniture collection will be placed across the store in rooms designed to enhance his creations, showcasing his studio's research into colour. The Stella chair features a hardwood frame and is available in various finishes.

A moulded fibreglass seat slots into the structure, and can be ordered in gloss or matte, and black or white. To juxtapose the 1950s-style material, the inside of the seat can be lined with different fabrics. The four other pieces launching at the event include the Marlon Rectangular Table, which has a solid hardwood frame combined with marble legs and top. The Steve Pouf, Nino Ottoman and the solid wood Kim nest-ing tables will also be presented in Shanghai.

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The inaugural Festival of Design is titled Commune as a reference to its focus on collaborative projects and communal engagement.
Its setting is a former colonial police station in Shanghai's Jingan district, which was transformed by Neri&Hu in 2012.
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