Designed by Giuseppe Chigiotti
Ancient houses used to be full of many helpful small objects. For putting ashes rather than for sewing, to serve rather than to expose: they punctuated dwelling spaces. Giuseppe Chigiotti, by designing “Ping”, thinks back to those times now passed, and creates a “servante” declined in two versions: Ping I. characterized by the function of empty pockets, and Ping II, discrete surface for a glass or a book.
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