Arper

Arper is an Italian design and furniture brand founded in 1989 in Monastier di Treviso, Italy. The company describes itself as family-owned and independently run, with a human-centered approach and an international design presence. Its work has grown from furniture manufacturing into a broader activity concerned with products, spaces, sustainability, and design culture. The brand’s stated mission is to create spaces and solutions that shape the “project of living.” Its own description emphasizes adapting to changing patterns of life, including the blurring of boundaries between home and work. Arper presents its design approach as attentive to people and the environment, and says it pursues sustainable practices and product innovation alongside the cultivation of culture and ideas. Arper’s offering includes furniture collections for residential and contract environments. The supplied official-site material features seating and sofas, benches, and products for indoor and outdoor settings, as well as spaces for work, meetings, collaboration, and food service. Named collections shown in the evidence include Catifa, Catifa 46, Catifa Bench, Kiik, Loop, Onemm, Pausit, Shaal, Lepal, and Zinta. The company also presents Catifa (RE) 46, whose shell is made using 100% recycled plastic sourced from post-consumer and post-industrial waste. Arper describes itself as a global design brand and says it has developed into an international presence. The supplied sources do not identify specific countries of operation, a current headquarters, its founders, or named owners. They also do not provide current leadership names. Arper remains active, and its official website continues to present collections, product stories, and sustainability-related initiatives.

Arper was founded in 1989 in Monastier di Treviso, Italy. The company presents its origins as a furniture-manufacturing business and describes its later development as a transition into an international design presence. It identifies itself as a family business that remains independently run, although the available evidence does not name the founders or owning family. Arper’s account of its development links its design work to changing ways of living. Rather than defining its activity only in terms of individual products, the company describes a broader approach to shaping spaces and solutions. Its stated vision is “a beautiful, vital world,” and its stated mission is to create spaces and solutions that shape the project of living. The brand says it works in response to a changing world, including the convergence of home and work, and emphasizes responsible, expressive, and connected ways of living. The official-site evidence shows a portfolio spanning chairs and other seating, benches, and sofa systems, as well as products and solutions for residential and contract settings. Collections named in the supplied material include Catifa, Kiik, Zinta, Pausit, Onemm, and Catifa Bench. The homepage also features Loop, a sofa system designed for linear, curved, angular, and circular configurations and presented for both residential and contract environments. It is available in freestanding and modular versions, with upholstery options and cushions in two sizes. Sustainability is part of Arper’s current brand narrative and product communication. The company presents Catifa (RE) 46 as a version of Catifa 46 with a shell made from 100% recycled plastic sourced from post-consumer and post-industrial waste. Its homepage also refers to Nco2Factory as a research and innovation initiative connected with its stated journey toward CO₂-negative furniture. The supplied sources do not establish the initiative’s results or timing. Arper describes itself as a global design brand and says it has grown into an international voice in design. Its official website continues to present product collections and design-related stories. The evidence provided here does not establish a precise current headquarters, founder names, individual executives, specific operating countries, or a detailed corporate ownership structure beyond the company’s statement that it is family-owned and independently run.

• 2025

  Pausit design credited to Lievore Hary

  [1]The project of living | Arper USarper.com
• 2018

  Kiik design credited to Ichiro Iwasaki

  [1]The project of living | Arper USarper.com
• 2014

  Zinta design credited to Lievore Altherr Molina

  [1]The project of living | Arper USarper.com
• 1989

  Arper founded in Monastier di Treviso, Italy

  [2]About our brand | Arper USarper.com

An international, family-owned design brand focused on human-centered furniture and spaces, with an expressed commitment to sustainability, adaptability, and design culture.

• Catifa (RE) 46

  A reinterpretation of Catifa 46 with a shell made using 100% recycled plastic sourced from post-consumer and post-industrial waste.

• Loop

  A sofa system designed for linear, curved, angular, and circular configurations, for residential and contract environments. It is available in freestanding and modular versions.

• Catifa Bench

  A bench offering listed on Arper’s official product page.

• Kiik

  A collection featured on Arper’s official homepage, with design credited to Ichiro Iwasaki and the year 2018.

• Zinta

  A collection featured on Arper’s official homepage, with design credited to Lievore Altherr Molina and the year 2014.

• Pausit

  A collection featured on Arper’s official homepage, with design credited to Lievore Hary and the year 2025.

• Onemm

  A collection listed on Arper’s official benches page.

• Emphasis on sustainable practices and product innovationOther

• Corporate governance and conduct resourcesOther

1. 1The project of living | Arper USarper.com
2. 2About our brand | Arper USarper.com
3. 3Corporate Governancearper.com
4. 4Designer and Modern Benches | Arper USarper.com