Sellex’s light, strong furniture conquers the land of Asterix and Obelix

Sellex, the Basque manufacturer of furniture for public spaces, recently supplied its designs to two public spaces in France — the Tribunal de Grande Instance in the town of Lorient and the waiting rooms of Paris’s Institut Curie. 

Architecture studio Mûrisserie Parent+Rachdi has chosen to equip the Tribunal de Grande Instance with the Aero bench designed by Lievore Altherr Molina. The studio has used the aluminium version in the public lounge areas and the tiered, wall-mounted version in the waiting and witness rooms, with some arranged in 15-m long rows. The benches have become focal points in the rooms. For the Institut Curie, architect Dominique Boyer Chammard has, in collaboration with the company Harmony Design, chosen the modular Suma seating, designed by Gemma Bernal. This graces the waiting rooms and corridors of this prestigious institution, one of the world’s leading medical, biological and biophysical research centres.

Sellex was founded in San Sebastián in 1977 and has been manufacturing seating, tables, shelving units and occasional tables for public areas all over the world since the 1990s. Its aluminium and stainless-steel furniture is typically lightweight, comfortable and robust, qualities which have led to its products being used to furnish many iconic buildings all over the world, including Copenhagen Airport, London’s City Hall, designed by Foster + Partners, The Dubai Mall and the Scottish Parliament Building.