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![Designers Iratzoki & Lizaso chair design](http://iratzoki-lizaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Iratzoki-lizaso-odei-chair-sokoa.jpg)
![Close-up iratzoki lizaso odei chair](http://iratzoki-lizaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Iratzoki-lizaso-odei-chaise-design-sokoa-v2.jpg)
An undulation in the seat
Design Story
We are normally given a fairly free rein but this time we were engaged in a project with an exacting design brief including numerous technical and economic constraints relating to the product typology: a community-use chair. The design can often be quite unyielding with a fairly disagreeable result.
![Sketch Odei Chair Iratzoki Lizaso Design](http://iratzoki-lizaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Sketch-odei-chair-iratzoki-lizaso-v3.jpg)
![Animation of the design process of the chair](http://iratzoki-lizaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Odei_900px.gif)
![Odei Chair with Jean Louis Iratzoki Designer](http://iratzoki-lizaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Jean-louis-iratzoki-odei-chair.jpg)
So we tried to tackle the problem head-on with a soft
approach embracing a quite striking, monochrome outline.
An undulation in the seat allows the chair’s different
functions to be harmoniously integrated.
This little detail enabled us to overcome many hindrances
while simultaneously creating a fully stackable chair.
![](http://iratzoki-lizaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Iratzoki-lizaso-odei-chair-close-up-v2.jpg)
![Sketch of the odei chair for Sokoa](http://iratzoki-lizaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Iratzoki-lizaso-design-process-odei-chair.jpg)
![Odei-chair-Sokoa-Design-v2](http://iratzoki-lizaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Odei-chair-Sokoa-Design-v2.jpg)
![Iratzoki & Lizaso Chair Design Odei](http://iratzoki-lizaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Iratzoki-lizaso-odei-design-chair-for-sokoa.jpg)