Designed by Enzo Mari
Finishes:
Structure in steel powder coated black brown, upholstery in a selection of fabrics or leather
Dimensions:
W930 x D800 x H830 mm SH430 mm
0
Very lucidly, Enzo Mari decided to realize this tables collection with transparent crystal tops in order to valorise the harsh simplicity of steel sections bases. Designed in 1973 for Driade, uninterruptedly producted since then, these pieces can be certainly numbered among the most successful of the Milan master.
As a master in architecture, the Japanese, Ito has proposed few but extraordinary design works. Suki armchair, designed in 1987, is one of them: an object made mysterious by the use of a double steel mesh row intersected by many springs. This is an ideological Manifesto but, unpredictably comfortable.
A collection of important dining tables with a rounded and regular imprint of the top and trestle legs reminiscent of the workbenches and the archetypal shape of the table. A pleasantly minimal aspect revisited by a calibrated sizing, an evident materiality and a declared solidity.
Neoz sofas, bed and day-bed emphasize the formal charateristics of the collection they belong to, by building a sort of living nest marked by the hem-stitched tissue whiteness, like past laundry, and the cushions’ softness. Large wheels, though, suggest it as an only termporary luxe.
In a table, oval means perfect: no edge, no head of the table, no diner and, above all, a form expanded in space. Antonia Astori balance then the top elegant simplicity with a sculptural base made of a malleable as contemporary material.