Aluminium: lightweight design for spaces that live intensely
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Aluminium: lightweight design for spaces that live intensely

20/05/2026

Some materials are better understood over time. Aluminium is one of them. Lightweight, resistant and easy to maintain, it helps terraces, rooftops, beach clubs and hotel outdoor areas work naturally, day after day.

At Vondom, aluminium is part of a design approach created for contemporary outdoor living: comfortable, customisable pieces made for intensive use, without losing presence or perceived value.

In hospitality and contract projects, choosing furniture is not only about selecting a beautiful piece. It means thinking about how it will be used, moved, maintained and experienced. Aluminium offers a clear answer: resistance without heaviness, design without complication and personality without excess.

Colour, fabric and character

One of the great advantages of aluminium in Vondom collections is its customisation potential. With 15 aluminium colours available, structures can blend into the architecture, create contrast or reinforce the visual identity of a project.

The fabric selection completes this language. Soft tones for seaside hotels, deeper palettes for urban rooftops, warmer combinations for resorts, villas or wellness spaces. Aluminium provides the base; fabric brings comfort, texture and warmth.

This freedom allows architects, interior designers and specifiers to work with furniture as part of the space’s identity, rather than as a final element added afterwards.

Pasadena: generous comfort, precise structure

Designed by Jean-Marie Massaud, Pasadena speaks of proportion, calm and comfort. Its architectural language is combined with a soft presence, created for outdoor spaces where users do not simply sit — they stay.

The collection reinterprets a recognisable typology through a more generous and contemporary vision. Its volumes convey solidity without feeling heavy, while its proportions help structure the space naturally.

Pasadena is especially interesting for hospitality projects thanks to its versatility. Sectional sofas, lounge chairs, tables, sun loungers and daybeds make it possible to create poolside areas, outdoor lounges, private terraces and relaxed welcome spaces.

Aluminium brings visual lightness, ease of handling and low maintenance, essential qualities in hotels and contract spaces where furniture must adapt to daily rhythms, events and seasonal changes.

Posidonia: a collection with memory, designed for today

Posidonia, designed by Ramón Esteve, was born as the evolution of an iconic piece created in 1996. That memory is updated through a broad and versatile collection designed for new ways of living outdoors.

Its range includes chairs, sectional sofas, lounge chairs, poufs, sun loungers, side tables and lamps. This breadth allows aesthetic continuity between dining areas, lounge spaces, poolside settings and ambient lighting.

Everything can speak the same language without making the space feel rigid or repetitive. Posidonia makes it possible to create complete, coherent and functional environments for hotels, restaurants, resorts and premium residential spaces.

In this collection, aluminium provides a resistant yet lightweight structure, suitable for outdoor spaces exposed to sun, daily use and constant movement. Combined with selected fabrics, it opens up multiple possibilities for Mediterranean, urban or international projects.

Made to last, designed to adapt

Outdoors, beauty also depends on ease of maintenance. A material that cleans easily and keeps its presence over time helps a project maintain its level day after day.

Aluminium responds naturally to that need. It is light, resistant and practical. It makes installation, reconfiguration and everyday maintenance easier, which is essential in hotels and contract projects.

Pasadena and Posidonia show two different ways of working with aluminium at Vondom. One is more enveloping, generous and lounge-oriented. The other is more transversal, with a wide family of pieces able to accompany different areas of a project.

Both share the same idea: outdoor furniture should be beautiful, comfortable and ready to live intensely. Aluminium makes this possible: light, resistant and personal spaces. Spaces that work. Spaces people remember.

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