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Showing posts with label Cassina. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cassina. Show all posts
Monday, February 17, 2014
In the store: Gio Ponti dining chairs
These gorgeous dining chairs were designed by the masterful Gio Ponti for Cassina. They have been fully restored and are the epitome of simplicity and beauty. They are absolutely stunning.
Monday, November 21, 2011
Ico Parisi
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| Ico Parisi |
One of his first jobs was as a photographer for Giuseppe Terragni in 1936. In the late 1930s he was a documentary film producer.
In the early 1940s he co-founded an architectural group called Alta Quota. In 1942 he met Luisa Aiani, a pupil of Gio Ponti, who later became his wife.
In 1947 Parisi and his wife Luisa started La Ruota, a studio which specialized in interior design, where they created furniture for companies such as Cassina, M.I.M., Altamira, Longhi, Cappellina and Stildomus. They also designed ceramics, glass and jewelry.
From de.wikipedia.org and facebook.com
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| Sofa architonic.com |
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| Bed wright20.com |
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| Lounge chairs wright20.com |
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| Sofa emilies.com |
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| Lounge chair 1stdibs.com |
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| Tea trolley wright20.com |
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| Coffee table 1stdibs.com |
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| Secretary wright20.com |
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| Chest en.paperblog.com |
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| Bed wright20.com |
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| Lounge chair architonic.com |
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| Curved sofa 1stdibs.com |
Monday, September 5, 2011
Franco Albini
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| Franco Albini |
During the 1940s he developed a relationship with Cassina, a firm which also produced work by designers such as Erik Gunnar Asplund, Le Corbusier, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Charlotte Perriand, Gerrit Thomas Rietveld and Frank Lloyd Wright. He designed for other firms as well, including Poggi.
He began working with Franca Helg in 1952, and with her he worked on postwar reconstruction projects, particularly in the area of workers' housing. In the 1960s and 1970s, they were involved in many urban development projects, including subway, museum, office and residential design.
He received numerous prizes, including the La Rinascente-Compasso d’Oro for the design of the Luisa chair (1955), the Bronze Medal from the Parson School in New York (1956) for his contribution to industrial design, the Olivetti Award for Architecture (1957), the Gran Premio Nazionale La Rinascente-Compasso d’Oro (1958), the La Rinascente-Compasso d’Oro Award for the Milan Line 1 Subway project (1964), and the Royal Designer for Industry title awarded by the London Royal Society of Arts (1971).
From fondazionefrancoalbini.com and sanlorenzosilver.it
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| Canapo chair, 1945 chictip.com |
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| Room divider, 1947 fanantiques.com |
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| Luisa armchair, 1949/1955 samkaufman.com |
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| #147 settee, 1950 1stdibs.com |
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| TL2 table, 1950 spazioldo.com |
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| Gala chair, 1951 architonic.com |
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| Margherita chairs, 1951 1stdibs.com |
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| Cicognino tables, 1952 okoloweb.cz |
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| Fiorenza chair, 1952 architonic.com |
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| LB7 bookcase, 1957 deconet.com |
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| Albini pedestal desk, 1958 knoll.com |
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| Tre Pezzi chair with Franca Helg, 1959 bonluxat.com |
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| AM/AS sconce with Franca Helg and Antonio Piva, 1969 1stdibs.com |
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| AS1C lamp with Franca Helg, 1970 hanoverfab.com |
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Gio Ponti
During the course of his career, he also designed glassware, lighting, furniture and housewares. He was a professor or architecture and wrote a number of books on art, design and architecture.
In 1928 Ponti founded the design and architecture magazine Domus and remained its editor for many years. In 1933 he was a co-founder of the important Milan Triennale. The Pirelli Building is considered his architectural masterpiece, along with the Denver Art Museum. His best known designs are the Superleggera chair (1957) for Cassina, the glass and lighting he created for Venini (1946-1950) and the coffee machine he designed for La Pavoni (1948).
From ponti-gio.com
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| La Pavoni coffee machine designmuseum.org |
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| Superleggera chair for Cassina cassina.com |
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| Venini glass antiquehelper.com |
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| Venini glass liveauctioneers.com |
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| Chandelier 1stdibs.com |
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| Distex lounge chair icollector.com |
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| Cane bench treadwaygallery.com |
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| White leather armchairs center44.com |
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| Display case wright20.com |
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| Executive desk wright20.com |
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| Rocking chair 1stdibs.com |
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| Sideboard icollector.com |
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