Massimo Iosa Ghini Armchairs

Massimo Iosa Ghini "Notorius" armchair for Moroso, 1988, Italy. Chrome, black lacquered wood and light blue-green fabric. Dimensions: 82 cm H, 49 cm W, 70 cm D, seat height 47 cm. Or...

Notorious chair by Massimo Iosa Ghini for Moroso designed in 1988. A true post modernist masterpiece which is quite rare on the market. This piece is an early example in an untouched...

Postmodern Hunter green leather Balzo armchair, Massimo Iosa Ghini, Moroso, 1987. Iosa-Ghini's Bolidista manifesto (1982) exhorted designers to “break the reign of the angular line” and “find once more the sinuous curve.” Bolidismo is derived from bolide, the Italian word for a fast-moving object (such as a speeding bullet), or an object whose appearance implies speed. Iosa-Ghini followed up his Bolidist manifesto with an appealing series of chairs, cabinets and table-top accessories for such marques as Memphis and Moroso. The pieces combine the exuberance of his early work as a set designer and cartoonist with a smiling look back at 20th century design influences--including futurism (the avant-garde movement preceding World War I that romanced the wind-swept, streamlined look of ships, bridges and airplanes); Buck Rogers (1930s and 1940s science fiction), and 1950s moderne (furniture with skinny, pointy legs). On an architectural scale, he created Bolido, a New York nightclub and restaurant that boasts sweeping stair rails...

A pair of armchairs designed by Massimo Iosa Ghini for Cassina, model Leggero. Metal structure, fabric upholstery, foam cushions. Manufactured in Italy, 1990s.