Martino Gamper's St Mark chair for Moroso is designed to be made from different materials
Movie: in our next exclusive movie for Moroso, Italian designer Martino Gamper explains how he designed his St Mark stacking chair to unify the appearance of indoor and outdoor cafe seating.
![St Mark stacking chair by Martino Gamper for Moroso](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2015/12/St-Mark-stacking-chair-by-Martino-Gamper-for-Moroso_dezeen_02.jpg)
The Italian designer's St Mark cafe chair features a curved backrest and rear legs made from a single piece of bent ash or tubular aluminium.
![St Mark stacking chair by Martino Gamper for Moroso](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2015/12/St-Mark-stacking-chair-by-Martino-Gamper-for-Moroso_dezeen_01.jpg)
Gamper says that he wanted to design a simple chair that would allow cafes or restaurants to create interior and exterior seating areas with a unified aesthetic.
![St Mark stacking chair by Martino Gamper for Moroso](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2015/12/St-Mark-stacking-chair-by-Martino-Gamper-for-Moroso_dezeen_05.jpg)
"There was the idea that this was such a simple chair that it could be used in different materials," Gamper says in the movie. "A restaurant or cafe could have the same chair inside and outside."
![St Mark stacking chair by Martino Gamper for Moroso](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2015/12/St-Mark-stacking-chair-by-Martino-Gamper-for-Moroso_dezeen_03.jpg)
"The bent wood chair is an indoor chair for cafes or restaurants, but also domestic use," he explains. "The metal version, which also has a perforated seat, is for outdoors."
![St Mark stacking chair by Martino Gamper for Moroso](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2015/12/St-Mark-stacking-chair-by-Martino-Gamper-for-Moroso_dezeen_04.jpg)
St Mark was launched this year by Moroso at the Salone del Mobile furniture fair in Milan, where this movie was filmed.
The chair is the London-based designer's first commercially produced piece of furniture for Moroso. However, he has previously worked with the Italian brand on a number of installations.
![Moroso's METAMORPHOSIS_Behind, After or Beyond exhibition by Martino Gamper](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2015/12/Moroso-Metamorphosis-exhibition-Martino-Gamper_dezeen_01.jpg)
In 2012, he created a series of frankenstein furniture pieces by mixing and matching different elements from classic designs for an exhibition celebrating Moroso's 60th birthday.
He also collaborated with artist Peter McDonald to create a range of bespoke chairs for an installation in Moroso's Milan showroom in 2014.
"I've been working with Moroso for quite a long time," Gamper says. "Finally, I have a product in the fair!"
![2014 Chair Lift installation by Martino Gamper and Peter McDonald for Moroso](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2015/12/Chair-Lift-installation-by-Martino-Gamper-and-Peter-McDonald-for-Moroso_dezeen_01.jpg)
Gamper says that working with Moroso is like being "part of their family."
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"It's nice when you enter a place and you know the people and you can collaborate with them," he says. "You feel part of something."
![Italian designer Martino Gamper](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2015/12/Martino-Gamper-portrait_dezeen_01.jpg)
This movie was produced by Dezeen for Moroso. The music used is a track called Qix by UK producer 800xL.
It is the latest in a series of movies about the Italian brand's 2015 products, which you can watch on our YouTube playlist: