Designer Interview

Arga is the first piece produced by Bota . However, it was designed more than eight years ago for my house’s living room. At the time, I needed a side table to complement the sofa area and found nothing on the market that was to my liking because of the design and or price. Therefore I decided to create my own.

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At the time, it never occurred to me the importance that this table would have for the birth of BOTA. Since it was built for me it was never made again ​​and the design went back to my drawer . When we had the idea of creating our own design and production company Bota, I went back to my files, drawings , and among it all , there she was. The piece had no name, so we decided to call it Arga and that it would be Bota’s first piece of furniture.

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It’s an innovative piece with a fantastic design that seduces the covers of decorating magazines , but it is certainly a stylish, modern piece with a timeless design that still deserves my liking. The price and simplicity of manufacturing also counted .

Taking Bota’s first steps, we had many ideas , many designs but needed to find a artisan / manufacturer that would adapt to our demanding quality standards . The piece could not be very complex in terms of manufacturing because we had no budget to do experiments. Arga was perfect and was chosen .

From the initial prototypes to the current marketed piece, Arga only required a few corrections. It’s height changed from 45 cm to 40 cm and we created 3 square dimensions of 60 cm , 80 cm and 100 cm. The latter being the one which I consider the most elegant, is my favorite.

Initially designed in cherry wood topped with a white Estremoz marble top, it is now also produced in hard maple wood with lacquered high gloss resistant table tops. It can also be produced in other colors, but after numerous experiments, we selected the catalog 3 colors as the most beautiful, and to my liking .

I hope you enjoy Arga as much as me, who looks at it every day .