{"id":412143,"date":"2023-10-12T13:31:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-12T17:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/?p=412143"},"modified":"2023-10-13T19:12:23","modified_gmt":"2023-10-13T23:12:23","slug":"why-are-there-so-many-exceptional-italian-design-brands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/why-are-there-so-many-exceptional-italian-design-brands\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Is Italy Such a Hotbed of Cool Design?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Displayed at Duplex gallery<\/a> are contemporary reissues of the Free System sofa <\/a>(1973) by Claudio Salocchi<\/a> and Nanda Vigo<\/a>\u2019s pink Storet chests of drawers <\/a>(1994) and white Due Pi\u00f9 armchairs<\/a> (1971), all for Acerbis<\/a>. In the back is an original 1958 Catilina chair<\/a> by Luigi Caccia Dominioni<\/a> for Azucena<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

No country can claim as many iconic designers and high-end furniture brands as Italy. \u201cFrom the 1950s to the \u201980s, Italy produced an unparalleled amount of work in the field of furniture design,\u201d says Patrizio Chiarparini, founder of New York\u2019s Duplex gallery<\/a>, specialists in Italian postwar and contemporary design. \u201cBut also in cinema, fashion and industrial manufacturing. Think of Fellini, Pasolini, Pucci<\/a>, Furla, Armani<\/a>, Pirelli, Olivetti<\/a>, Fiat, Ferrari, Alfa Romeo and Piaggio \u2014 to name a few. These achievements are specifically Italian.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the wake of the destruction wrought by World War II, architects and designers teamed up with manufacturers who had resources, workshops and factories, Chiarparini explains, adding that il miracolo economico<\/em> \u2014 the Italian economic boom \u2014 made possible the expansion of broad-scale consumption. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chic Italian furniture<\/a> and lighting<\/a> have exercised a worldwide allure ever since, and design firms have kept up with demand by issuing new editions of vintage forms. Chiarparini has an in-depth knowledge of all the players in the field, and Duplex, which he founded in an industrial loft in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, in 2015, has an extensive inventory<\/a> of both mid-century and contemporary Italian wares. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Italian design specialist Patrizio Chiarparini founded Duplex in 2015.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Given Chiarparini’s eye for high style, it’s not surprising to learn that his aesthetic was heavily influenced by the radical Italian architect Carlo Scarpa<\/a>. As a child growing up in San Vito d\u2019Altivole, northwest of Venice, he spent his days exploring Scarpa\u2019s modernist<\/a> concrete masterpiece, the Brion Tomb and Sanctuary (1968\u00ad\u00ad\u20131978). \u201cI would go there daily, intrigued by this extraordinary dream playground of concrete, water, water lilies and goldfish,” he remembers. As a young adult, while studying economics in Venice, he spent evenings visiting the art collection at the Pinacoteca Querini Stampalia, on which Scarpa left his mark during a partial renovation in the early 1960s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chiarparini moved to New York in 2004 and went to work managing the Italian design brand Giorgetti<\/a>. In 2015, he struck out on his own and founded Duplex. \u201cThe goal was to promote brands that I felt particularly drawn to<\/a>, especially from the golden era of Italian design, that did not have enough exposure to the U.S. market,\u201d he explains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We asked Chiarparini to shed light on the postwar Italian design boom and the proliferation of Italian companies bringing the work of international designers to life, as well as what to look for when assessing vintage and reissued pieces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In another corner of the gallery, Nanda Vigo\u2019s Due Pi\u00f9 <\/a>armchairs for Acerbis accompany an Orseolo table by Carlo Scarpa<\/a> and a Bramante sideboard<\/a> by Kazuhide Takahama<\/a> for Studio Simon<\/a>.
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What sets postwar Italian design apart from mid-century movements elsewhere around the world?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

American firms like Herman Miller<\/a> and Knoll<\/a> International produced well-designed, high-quality and inexpensive furniture made from new materials like fiberglass and plastics. Japanese designers embraced Western architecture and design to create a balance between traditional Asian<\/a> and international modern aesthetics, while still evoking national values. Scandinavian<\/a> designers preferred to combine the traditional beauty of natural materials<\/a> with modern technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Italian designers initially looked to traditional forms and materials for inspiration. However, they soon embraced new materials and technologies<\/a> to produce designs that reflected the radical aspect of the social and political environment of the 1960s and \u201970s in Italy. There is a utopian quality to their work that mirrors the extremes and contradictions specific to Italian society at the time. It defines the new high-style international modernism and pop-culture lifestyle. I see an incurable optimism and a fierce hunt for the new.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What ignited Italy\u2019s design boom after World War II?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

World War II left the world with a generation full of hope for the future, as well as new materials and technologies that helped free design from tradition. A questioning of the social order and conventions went hand in hand with experimentation in the household. New designs reflected the radicalism of the social and political environment of the 1960s and \u201970s in Italy, and progressively more abstract and sculptural creations emerged, as did lower prices for mass-produced objects.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Tacchini<\/a> has reissued the Le Mura modular sofa<\/a>, designed by Mario Bellini<\/a> in the 1970s.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

When was the golden age of Italian design?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of the most interesting architecture personalities emerged in the 1930s: Gio Ponti<\/a>, Mario Asnago<\/a>, Claudio Vender, Franco Albini<\/a>, Piero Bottoni and Pietro Chiesa<\/a>, who became art director of Fontana Arte<\/a> in 1933 and designed decisively innovative pieces like the Fontana coffee table (1932) and Luminator lamp<\/a> (1933).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the real industrial-design revolution took place after World War II, when other architects could finally put into practice their training and knowledge for a much wider and international clientele.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 1960s is when the creation of truly revolutionary pieces became incessant, when economic growth and international trade, coupled with serial industrial production and a change in lifestyle, propelled the diffusion of these products to the middle class. Some essential modernist architects and designers of this golden era are Luigi Caccia Dominioni<\/a>, Vico Magistretti<\/a>, Marco Zanuso<\/a>, Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni<\/a>, Gae Aulenti<\/a>, Mario Bellini<\/a>, Cini Boeri <\/a>\u2014 and Carlo and Tobia Scarpa<\/a>, of course!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Can you tell us about the radical turn that Italian design took in the 1970s?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the \u201970s, the postmodern<\/a> style became the most significant movement in Italy<\/a>, as the world of design started taking many trajectories. I particularly love what the radical Superstudio<\/a> designed \u2014 the Quaderna series by Zanotta<\/a>, for instance \u2014 along with the Memphis Group<\/a>, where provocation and kitsch became the watchwords<\/a>. Some of the most avant-garde designers of the period are Andrea Branzi<\/a>, Michele De Lucchi<\/a> and Ettore Sottsass<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Gabriele and Oscar Buratti for Fontana Arte Equatore small table lamp, 2017<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

There were so many productive relationships between designers and manufacturers in Italy. Do you have any favorite collaborations?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The history of design is made up of great friendships, like the one that Dino Gavina<\/a> \u2014 founder of Gavina<\/a>, Flos<\/a>, Studio Simon and Paradisoterrestre<\/a> and possibly my most revered entrepreneur \u2014 developed with Lucio Fontana<\/a>. That connection led to collaborations with Carlo Mollino<\/a>, Pier Giacomo Castiglioni<\/a>, Carlo Scarpa and later Kazuhide Takahama<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I love these stories so much. To remind myself of the original inspiration, in my office I have an original 1973 Orseolo desk designed by Carlo Scarpa and a masterpiece 1975 Bramante sideboard<\/a> by Kazuhide Takahama for Studio Simon, as well as new-production Botolo chairs<\/a> by Cini Boeri for Arflex<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many historical designs have been reissued for contemporary consumers. What are some of the best?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am greatly impressed with what Tacchini<\/a> has done in recent years in terms of branding and curation of the reissues \u2014 for example, the Le Mura sofa<\/a> by Mario Bellini<\/a> and Sesann sofa<\/a> by Gianfranco Frattini<\/a>. But there are also extraordinary historical pieces that are still in production today, including many of the objects designed for Fontana Arte, which are available through Duplex.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Superstudio for Zanotta Quaderna 2750 desk, new<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

What should we know about buying vintage postwar Italian design versus a contemporary version or reissue?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The buyer for a historical object takes pleasure in collecting a piece of history, an artifact that represents a certain moment, that was produced with the industrial techniques of the era. It\u2019s a sort of time capsule \u2014 an original story as told in its time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is something to be said about reeditions, though, especially when thinking about a broader market that wishes to make actual use of the pieces for what they are: household commodities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scarcity and practicality often call for a reedition that allows one to enjoy the same aesthetics without the restrictions that the preciousness of an original piece carries with it. Often, the reeditions are far more comfortable than the original ones and can pass any flammability requirements \u2014 essential requirements in today\u2019s marketplace. But that is another story!<\/p>\n\n\n\t

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