Arper — the seating language that runs a whole floor, from reception to lounge

Office lounge with Arper designer armchairs and seating

Specify a chair today and you may need forty more of it in five years. Arper is built for that maths: family-owned and independent since 1989, the Monastier di Treviso company has kept one catalogue language for decades — the Catifa shell runs from armchair to stool to lounge seat, so a later phase matches the first one. Many products disassemble for repair, reuse or recycling, which keeps a fit-out serviceable instead of disposable, and Catifa Carta — a seat made from recycled paper-based material — shows the direction of travel.

For a UK buyer that reads as low procurement risk: one seating family across reception, meeting rooms, waiting and café. La Mercanti quotes Arper by zone and keeps the schedule consistent when the second floor follows the first.

Documents and Catalogues

Arper Outdoor Catalogue PDF · 68,2 MB

FAQ

Why one Arper seating family rather than different chairs for each zone?

Because coherence is what a client reads walking through the company. With Arper the same shell — think of Catifa — becomes armchair, chair, stool and lounge version, so reception, boardroom, waiting, café and outdoor stay one project instead of five disconnected buys. For the designer it means fewer suppliers to align; for the company, a floor that photographs as a decision. La Mercanti composes the right family and coordinates it with the furniture.

What makes Arper interesting for a sustainability-minded specification?

A concrete design fact: many Arper chairs are modular and disassemble for repair, reuse or recycling — the circular design an ESG spec asks you to demonstrate, not just claim. And there is the example that lands: Catifa Carta, a chair made from recycled paper-based material. La Mercanti gathers the technical documentation your specification needs and delivers it with the quotation.

Bringing Arper into a workplace project: five steps with La Mercanti

For designers, directors and project teams: how a seating family pays off — from the zones to the upholstery.

Start from the zones, not the model

Reception, boardroom, waiting, lounge, café, outdoor: list the functions first. Arper covers each with one seating family, so you choose the floor's project, not the isolated chair.

Choose one shell and run it through

An icon like Catifa exists as armchair, chair, stool and lounge. Pick the shell for the company's character and carry it across zones: visual coherence without monotony.

Decide base and use per zone

Sled or swivel base for the boardroom, stool for the café, outdoor frame for the terrace, task chair for the desk: function — long sitting, exterior, high traffic — comes before aesthetics.

Coordinate seating with furniture

Seating and furniture must agree. With La Mercanti one contact covers Arper and office furnishing: upholstery, tones and timing in one project, not two supplies reconciled on site.

Request samples, upholstery and documentation

Upholstery changes acoustics and life: judge samples under the real light. Ask for technical documentation — useful for ESG requirements thanks to the disassembly design. La Mercanti handles samples and delivery.