Apero is a chaise longue entirely made by hand in Argentina designed by Francisco Gomez Paz.

The project is part of a research in collaboration with Sumampa , aimed at rediscovering the genuine value of a craft tradition from the north of Argentina , a region profoundly forgotten by the map of progress. The hand made represents to these marginal zones the possibility to redeem social status. The possibility of a future in which to transmit ones cultural heritage.

Apart from the enthusiasm for the creative process, from the beginning of this experience there has been the conviction of design as a noble activity, of a social dimension that can not be put off, the integration of fields and the recovery of traditions, the chance to give to those who don't have by producing where no one has produced before.

Apero utilises raw leather and the technology used for “aperos” (traditional saddle of the north of Argentina). The raw and damp leather is stitched over a steel structure. The drying leather submits high tension to the structure, which behaves elastically. The result is a mixed structure of remarkable rigidity.