結構敘事，傳奇名椅的經典回響。

Structure as Narrative: The Timeless Echo of a Legendary Chair

1973 年，Afra 與 Tobia Scarpa 為 Molteni&C 設計了 Monk 椅。兩組實木腳架透過管狀鋼件橫向鎖接，皮革座背懸掛其上，再以八顆燻黑鉚釘固定結構。結構與受力點坦率呈露，為品牌早期木作系列奠定「構造即敘事」的基調，也流露近乎修道的極簡氣質。

In 1973, Afra and Tobia Scarpa designed the Monk chair for Molteni&C. Two solid-wood side frames are braced by a tubular-steel stretcher, while the leather seat-back drapes over two parallel steel tubes and is secured by eight polished stainless-steel rivets. Every joint and stress point is left intentionally exposed, inaugurating Molteni&C’s early credo of “construction as narrative” and giving the piece a quiet, monastic austerity. 

2025 年 Heritage 版本忠實保留雙腳架與懸吊皮革的核心構造，並引入美洲胡桃、黑橡與咖啡橡三種木料，貼合當代空間的色域與質感。除延續原餐椅尺度，系列新增椅面加寬、座高略低的休閒款，可自在穿梭餐桌、客廳與臥室，而不失原作的精準比例。

The 2025 Heritage edition preserves this twin-frame structure with its hanging leather, while offering the chair in American walnut, black oak, and coffee oak—finishes calibrated to today’s broader interior colour and material palettes. Alongside a reissue of the original dining chair, a lounge version widens the seat and lowers the stance, easily transitioning from the dining room to the living area to the bedroom, all the while maintaining the chair’s disciplined proportions. 

Tobia Scarpa 提醒：「經典不該被封存，而應在當下發聲。」重生的 Monk 不追求造型戲劇化，而是以毫釐不差的尺度、質感與結構誠實再度回到日常。
 

“A classic should not be mothballed; it must speak in the present,” Scarpa once remarked. The revived Monk eschews a flashy redesign and returns to everyday life with the same precise geometry, tactile honesty and structural clarity that defined its importance from the beginning.