French interior designer and architect Grégoire de Lafforest has created a truly contemporary lounge chair which, behind its apparent simplicity, conceals a well-thought interplay of contrasting elements. The elegant ‘Opper’ chair juxtaposes the rigid, cool Carrara marble volume of its base with the warm, softer leather seat inspired by 1970’s motorbike saddles, all the while combining the functions of a lounge chair and a side table in one piece of furniture. Hollow inside, the marble base also provides storage for the seat’s bespoke cushions. The ‘Opper’ chair has been released in a limited edition series of 12 + 1 prototype.