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Toshiyuki Kita ‘Wink’—Articulating Lounge Chair for Cassina, 1981

About the Item

An exciting and ambition postmodern seating deign, ‘Wink’ chair by Toshiyuki Kita is a completely novel approach to chair design. Exploring anatomical and biomimetic formal motifs, this piece features five articulating joints, allowing the chair to recline, as well as convert from a lounge chair to a chaise lounge. Dynamic, humorous, and unique. The color palette is tropical featuring a high contrast black, orange and yellow theme. Attention to detail with the upholstery is impressive. There are two slip covers that form tightly to the chair’s built in bolsters, as well as two headrest covers in yellow for the articulating, split headrest. Finally, there is an embroidered back and seat pad, providing supreme comfort and extra protection. The pragmatic approach means any one of these high contact surfaces can be washed easily in a washing machine or by hand. Flanking the rear of the seat are two black plastic handles which incrementally control the angle of the chair’s recline. All floor contact points are supported by black plastic sabots for strength and longevity. The comfort and adjustability of this chair is a joy to experience, the substantial seat and backrest bolsters which are reminiscent of race car seating design, provide a feeling of weightless support and cradling. This iconic chair design is part of the permanent collection at the MOMA museum in New York, Pompidou Centre in Paris, and Vitra Design Museum in Germany. Artist/Designer; Manufacturer: Toshiyuki Kita (Japanese, b. 1942); Cassina (Italy) Marking(s); notes: no marking(s) apparent Materials: metal, upholstery Dimensions (H, W, D): 36"h, 57"w, 33"d; 14" seat height Additional Information: Reference (form): Les Classiques Du Mobilier Contemporain, Charlotte and Peter Fiell, pg.153. Provenance: Alban de Clercq, Paris, France DeLorenzo50, New York, New York.

Creator:

Toshiyuki Kita (Designer),Cassina (Manufacturer)

Dimensions:

Height: 36 in (91.44 cm)Width: 57 in (144.78 cm)Depth: 33 in (83.82 cm)Seat Height: 14 in (35.56 cm)

Style:

Post-Modern (Of the Period)

Materials and Techniques:

Cotton,Foam,Steel

Place of Origin:

Italy

Period:

1980-1989

Date of Manufacture:

1980

Condition:

Wear consistent with age and use. Minor fading. very good vintage condition, wear consistent with age and use.

Seller Location:

Brooklyn, NY

Reference Number:

1stDibs: LU814138835882

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Furniture manufacturer Cassina is a prolific design house for more reasons than one: It not only owns the licenses to an exquisite collection of iconic chairs, sofas, tables and other pieces from the 20th and 21st centuries but also produces original works that are characterized by innovation and the finest Italian craftsmanship.

Cassina’s illustrious legacy includes being one of the first companies to bring industrial design to Italy in the 1950s. Founded in 1927 in Meda, Italy, by brothers Cesare and Umberto Cassina, the Italian manufacturing giant originally specialized in bespoke woodworking. In nearly a century since its founding, the company has shown incredible foresight about design trends and the evolution of technology.

In 1964, Cassina signed an exclusive licensing agreement to manufacture furniture by Le Corbusier and his collaborators — such as the LC4 chaise longue made with trailblazing French modernist Charlotte Perriand and Pierre Jeanneret — a move that would shape the future of the company. Cassina’s I Maestri collection is an ongoing initiative to restyle landmark designs from the 20th century, such as pieces by Gerrit Rietveld (the Red and Blue armchair from 1918), Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Erik Gunnar Asplund, Franco Albini and Frank Lloyd Wright. The company preserves the intentions and original styles of their designs but adds updated techniques, materials and processes — rendering them the best possible combination of past, present and future. The brand has also worked with contemporary icons like Zaha Hadid, Gio Ponti and Philippe Starck.

Cassina’s original designs are cutting-edge as well. They include pieces for everyday use, the development of which is guided by comfort and the marriage of Italian craftsmanship with industrial technology.

Some of Cassina’s pieces, both from its contemporary and I Maestri collections, can be found in the collections of museums like the Museum of Modern Art and the Vitra Design Museum. In 2014, the company became part of Haworth in its acquisition of Italian furniture group Poltrona Frau, and in 2015, Spanish designer Patricia Urquiola joined Cassina as its art director, leading the brand into its next century of inventive style.

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