Kazuhide Takahama Tables

The two rotating flexible side tables, model GEA, made of white lacquered plywood, were designed by Kazuhide Takahama in 1961. They can act as side tables as well as bedside tables, ...

Swivel side table Gea model by Kazuhide Takahama for Gavina 1960s-1970s. Cylindrical base on which the bedside table is inserted with a pivot that favors its rotation. Kazuhide Takahama (Nobeoka, 1930 - Bologna, February 10, 2010 [1]) was a Japanese architect and designer. Born in 1930, he studied architecture in Tokyo and after graduation joined the studio of Kazuo Fujioka. In 1957 he came to Italy to supervise the architectural layout of the pavilion with which Japan participated for the first time in the XI Triennale di Milano, where he met the designer and entrepreneur Dino Gavina (1922-2007) with whom he undertook a professional collaboration that it would last a lifetime. Consequently in 1964 he moved to Bologna and went to work as a furniture and lamp designer in the San Lazzaro factory. In 1968 Gavina sold his company Gavina SPA to Knoll International, with the related factory in Foligno designed by Achille Castiglioni, and together with Maria Simoncini (1927-2010) founded the Simon international manufacturer (later acquired by Cassina) and the year later the exhibition and commercial center named after Marcel Duchamp opened in Bologna with the participation of the famous Dadaist painter and photographer Man Ray. In these new locations, Takahama was able to collaborate with the famous architect and designer Carlo Scarpa and in the following years he carried out an intense professional activity which led to the creation of furniture and lamps of various types, which still constitute as many works of art, characterized always with great simplicity and formal cleanliness and very often rigorous like Zen compositions. His colleagues said that he was so silent as to be called "the man of stone" but his presence was clearly perceptible. Takahama continued to carry out his activity as a designer until his death in 2010. Gavina Spa was founded by Dino Gavina in 1960, who assumed the role of managing director and called the architect Carlo Scarpa to the presidency. The historic headquarters of the company are located in San Lazzaro di Savena, in a building designed by Pier Giacomo Castiglioni in 1959. In 1963, thanks to state incentives for the development of southern Italy, Dino Gavina opened an office in Foligno. In 1962 Dino Gavina met Marcel Breuer in New York and convinced him to re-edit and realize his projects from the 1920s. Among the designers who worked for the company: Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, Achille Castiglioni, Carlo Scarpa, Ignazio Gardella, Tobia Shoe. After the sale of the American company Knoll in 1968 and the closure of the Bolognese brand, several products of the Gavina collection were sold under the Knoll brand; some of them were later sold to other manufacturers (such as the Sanluca armchair...

Rare Antella dining table designed by Kazuhide takahama for Gavina in the 1970s. This high gloss black lacquered dining table as a nice and quite unique feature which allows it to d...

"Acca" Coffee Table is an original design furniture item realized by Kazuide Takahama for Gavina, Italy 1960s. Acca model coffee table with a rectangular wooden structure, with shape...

Coppia di tavolini rotanti flessibili, modello GEA, realizzati in compensato laccato bianco, sono stati disegnati da Kazuhide Takahama nel 1961. Possono fungere sia da tavolini che d...

The 'Japanese architect Kazuhide Takahama designs Antella as a truly multifunctional piece of furniture. In fact, depending on your specific needs, you can transform the wall console...

Tavolino con struttura in metallo cromato e piano in vetro fumè. Modello Marcel 470, design Kazuhide Takahama per Simon Cassina, anni 70. CONDIZIONI: In buone condizioni, può presen...

Tris di tavolini impilabili con struttura in metallo cromato e piano in vetro fumè. Modello Marcel T, design Kazuhide Takahama per Cassina, anni 70...

Marcel T stackable design side tables form a triptych of light, stackable forms made by applying chrome-plated steel rod, a distinctive material feature of ma...

A red version of the lacquered "Antella" console designed in 1975 by Kazuhide Takahama for Cassina. The console has been restored and is in excellent condition. The design turns the ...

Italian modern Black Dining table or console by Kazuhide Takahama for Cassina, 1970s Dining table or console mod. Antella in black lacquered...

Kazuhide Takahama (Nobeoka, 1930 - Bologna, February 10, 2010 [1]) was a Japanese architect and designer.

Born in 1930, he studied architecture in Tokyo and after graduation joined ...