aura chair

Designed by Danish studio Norm Architects, Aura is a contemporary armchair created for shared spaces where comfort, conversation, and atmosphere matter. With its soft, enveloping backrest and visually light presence, Aura brings a calm, welcoming character to dining areas, meeting rooms, hospitality interiors, and modern workplace settings.

Aura

Designed by Danish studio Norm Architects

Aura is a refined contemporary armchair created for dining, hospitality, workplace, and communal interiors. Conceived as more than just a chair around a table, Aura is designed to contribute to the atmosphere of a space and support the moments of connection that happen around it.

The chair’s defining feature is its softly enveloping backrest, which offers a sense of comfort, privacy, and support without feeling visually heavy. Its balanced proportions and gentle lines give Aura a minimalist, architectural presence, allowing it to integrate naturally into restaurants, meeting rooms, hotel dining areas, lounges, offices, and refined residential interiors.

Aura is especially well-suited for spaces where people sit for longer periods. Whether leaning forward during conversation or settling into a more relaxed posture, the chair supports different ways of sitting without forcing the body into a rigid position. This makes it an ideal designer dining chair, meeting chair, and hospitality armchair for interiors that prioritize both comfort and visual elegance.

Constructed with a solid wood frame, Aura features a padded seat and backrest with a plywood core and polyurethane foam for lasting comfort. Upholstered in fabric and finished with discreet polypropylene feet, the chair combines tactile softness with durable, contract-ready construction.

With its understated form, enveloping comfort, and human-centered design approach, Aura brings warmth and sophistication to contemporary interiors. It is a versatile seating solution for designers and architects seeking a modern armchair that feels intimate, welcoming, and beautifully resolved.

Dimensions

This collection offers many variations and sizes. Please check the datasheet page to explore all available options.

The chair features a solid wood frame. The seat and backrest, which have a plywood core, are padded with polyurethane foam to ensure maximum comfort. Both are upholstered in fabric. The chair has polypropylene feet.

Technical features
  1. Upholstery
  2. Polyurethane foam
  3. Plywood
  4. Solid wood frame
  5. Polypropylene feet

 

Aura is not included in our quick-ship stock program
The lead time for ordering items from the Aura is 12 weeks.

SEE IT IN ACTION

Aura is the chair that makes everyone want to stay at the table a little longer.
Designed by Norm Architects, it has that rare mix of soft comfort and quiet confidence — welcoming without being bulky, refined without feeling cold. The curved backrest gently wraps around the body, creating a cozy little “yes, stay here” moment whether you are deep in conversation, enjoying dinner, or pretending your meeting is almost over.
Light in appearance but generous in comfort, Aura works beautifully in restaurants, hotels, meeting rooms, offices, and anywhere people gather, talk, share, and linger. It brings a calm, modern presence to the room while making every seat feel just a bit more personal.
Basically, Aura does what a great chair should do: it supports you, looks effortless, and makes the whole space feel more thoughtful.
The balanced proportions and soft lines define a minimalist, contemporary aesthetic, consistent with a design philosophy that places the user experience at the heart of everything. The attention to detail and the quality of the finishes help to create a chair that interacts with the interior architecture in a discreet yet recognisable way. Aura reinterprets the designer dining chair with a sensitive and functional approach, bringing a more domestic and tactile dimension to shared spaces.
Whether for lunches, meetings or informal get-togethers, this chair helps to create a calm, natural and authentic experience, where comfort and connection become an integral part of the design. Designed for contemporary contract, hospitality and workplace settings, Aura combines visual lightness, enveloping comfort and versatility. A chair that enhances moments of togetherness and helps to create welcoming, cohesive and deeply human spaces.

VARIANTS

MATERIALS + DOWNLOADS

Below are True’s standard upholstery options for indoor and outdoor use. COM orders are welcome—please contact us to place a COM order.
The following are True’s standard color options. Customization is available upon request; please contact us for special orders.
The following are True’s standard finish options. Customization is available upon request; please contact us for special orders.
The following are True’s standard color options. Customization is available upon request; please contact us for special orders.
The following are True’s standard color options. Customization is available upon request; please contact us for special orders.
The following are True’s standard color options. Customization is available upon request; please contact us for special orders.
The following are True’s standard color options. Customization is available upon request; please contact us for special orders.
The following are True’s standard marble options. Customization is available upon request; please contact us for special orders.
The following are True’s standard SM options. Customization is available upon request; please contact us for special orders.