Monday, November 21, 2011

Ico Parisi

Ico Parisi
Dominico "Ico" Parisi (1916-1996) was born in Palermo, Italy. He was the son of an art teacher. Parisi called himself a "Renaissance artist," not wanting to be known only as an architect. He was accomplished as an industrial designer, painter, photographer and installation artist as well.

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
Sofa
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Bed
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Lounge chairs
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Sofa
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Lounge chair
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Tea trolley
wright20.com
Coffee table
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Secretary
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Chest
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Bed
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Lounge chair
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Curved sofa
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6 comments:

  1. DearHelenHartmanNovember 21, 2011 at 6:02 AM

    I honestly do not know which piece of furniture I love the most. Except the bunk bed coffee tables. All I can think looking at them is explaining to a kid - you see when a mommy coffee table and a daddy coffee table love each other very much... Yes, I'ma bit twisted. That's why you love me.

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  2. Dana@Mid2ModNovember 21, 2011 at 10:38 AM

    @DearHelenHartman: Yes, dear...your twistedness is one of your most endearing traits. However, I'll never be able to look at a picture of that coffee table in quite the same way from now on. Thanks for that. LOL

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  3. Ton S. November 22, 2011 at 4:30 PM

    I'm drawn to the 'atomic' coffee table!
    And I'll be dishonest if I say that I didn't think of it in a "twisted way" too (before reading the previous post!). For all you know, that might have been the inspiration for it ( :

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  4. Dana@Mid2ModNovember 22, 2011 at 5:06 PM

    @I dream lo-tech: Since you and DearHelenHartman agree on the coffee table, I'm not even going to ask either of you what you think inspired the curved sofa! LOL

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  5. A Modern LineNovember 25, 2011 at 10:38 AM

    Finally got around to following. All of the pieces are great! Really love the first bed...Looking forward to future posts.

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  6. Dana@Mid2ModNovember 26, 2011 at 2:08 AM

    @A Modern Line: Welcome to my blog! I hope to see you comment regularly.

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