STUA Just landed in our showroom!

They are fully committed to becoming more sustainable every year, implementing measures such as sustainable packaging, recyclable materials, wood sourced from sustainable forests, and upholstery foams which contain no chemical additives.

Following Jesus Gasca’s vision they are currently building the new STUA park, which will include the main production site, a state-of-the-art automated warehouse, a showroom, and new offices. As you can see, STUA is one family business with a clear set of core values and a strong vision. Having said this, let’s take a quick look at a handful of their chairs, armchairs, and commercial tables, many of which you can now check out for yourself in our showroom.

Get comfy with STUA’s chairs and armchairs

Let’s start with the Costura family, designed by Jon Gasca. Available in armchair and luxury sofa versions, the Costura (‘stitch’ in Spanish) takes its name from the tradition and craft of tailoring which has a strong presence in San Sebastián, home to world-renowned high-fashion brand Balenciaga. Working with experienced artisans, STUA tried to create a piece which covers a delicate frame with tight-fitting upholstery The structure is made from a bent plywood frame which is thin enough to maintain a strikingly slim profile without sacrificing stability or durability. The fully-removable upholstery is shaped flawlessly around this frame—as if it was a tailored suit—and the seat is made from several layers of foam (including memory foam) for maximum comfort. The sofa version, on the other hand, is a modular system composed of four pieces: seats of 70 cm and 100 cm, a corner piece and a chaiselongue. This allows for plenty of configurations to suit your needs and space.

There are several other classy armchairs in STUA’s Spanish furniture catalogue that are well worth taking a look at. The Libera armchair is a personal favourite due to its striking wooden frame. Made from solid walnut or black-stained ash with state-of-the-art manufacturing techniques, the inverted V-shaped legs (which form armrests at their apex) give the chair an unmistakable appearance. The Malena is another armchair that fuses a classic feel with a modern and sleek construction. Once again, STUA’s expertise when it comes to woodcraft is fully displayed here. As any carpenter could tell you, the kind of curviness and fluidity that they achieve using solid wood is quite a feat!

Moving on to something more distinctively modern, the Nube designed by Jon Gasca is an armchair with a striking geometric composition which combines a thin orthogonal structure with a hollowed-out spherical segment that provides a seating surface that feels as if you were inside a nest. A nice detail of this piece is the way Gasca decided to distinguish the flat planes from the curved surfaces by using different upholstery colours.

Laclasica is another masterfully crafted piece that implements  3D moulding technology to create a chair with the kind of delicate curves and swoops that are more common to see in chairs made from plastics such as polypropylene rather than wood. STUA’s expertise is evident in the fact that it is very hard to tell where the plywood ends and the solid wood begins, the junctions between them being pretty much seamless. The Globus, on the other hand, is a chair designed for intensive use in public settings. Despite the limitations that such a focus on durability imposes, the Globus (available in polypropylene or plywood) still manages to stand out from the rest due to the romantic design of its backrest.

It’s also worth mentioning that these chairs and armchairs are available in a wide range of  upholstery options, from patterned fabrics to high-quality Kvadrat textiles and Eco leather (most of them fully removable for easy washing and maintenance).

Spanish Furniture: Modern Coffe tables and round tables for your home

By taking a look at the pieces mentioned above you have already got a taste of STUA’s amazing level of manufacturing expertise and creativity. Chairs and armchairs allow for a great deal of creative flair wherein a designer can explore many ideas, forms, and concepts. Tables, on the other hand, demand a bit more restraint due to their stricter functional requirements. However, a good designer will not see this as a limit to inventiveness, but rather as a set of enabling parameters which allow one to do less with more.

STUA’s tables are as refined as their armchairs and display the same top-notch level of design and manufacturing that we just saw. The Lau, for instance, is a rectangular table conceived by Jesús Gasca to make a perfect match with the Laclasica chair mentioned above. Like the Laclasica, the Lau makes wonders with wood. The sleek legs made from (sustainably sourced) solid ash gently widen upwards and curve to meet the veneered MDF table top in a delicate swoop. The finish applied to the ash is also of exceptional quality: the table is first stained in a way that it penetrates deep into the wood, and then protected with acrylic for extra durability. The Lau also comes in a round table version, which is ideal for a smaller kitchen setup.

The Solapa is a collection of coffee tables designed by Jon Gasca which come in four different sizes, two different heights (30cm or 36cm), and three different veneers (oak, walnut, and white). The intention of the Solapa is to be combined in overlapping configurations (‘solapa’ means overlap in Spanish). With fibreglass-reinforced propylene legs and a veneered formaldehyde-free MDF tabletop, the Solapa is a charming yet modern addition to any living room.

The Eclipse collection follows the same principle of combining and overlapping coffee tables, albeit using more organic and irregular shapes with a more playful vibe. Lastly, the Meseta is a lovely little 66cm high side table designed with lounging in mind. It offers two small surfaces (which can be assembled parallel or perpendicularly) where you can place your favourite book, a cup of coffee or a tablet.

As you can see, STUA’s finely crafted pieces present us with some of the best Spanish furniture in the market, and we are very excited to finally have them in our Collingwood showroom. If you are around the area don’t hesitate to drop by and take a closer look at them! We are sure that you will love them as much as we do.