Massimo Scolari Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
In his role as art director and furniture designer for Italian furniture brand Giorgetti, architect, educator and painter Massimo Scolari spent over a decade producing so many imaginative, sculptural postmodern pieces that it’s easy to lose count. The Novi Ligure native has always had an eye for good design — he is an equally acclaimed painter with works in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art and the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, and has taught at Harvard University, Cornell University and the University of Cambridge.
In 1969, Scolari completed his studies in architecture and became a professor in 1973. He taught architecture history in Palermo and drawing at Venice’s Istituto Universitario di Architettura di Venezia. From 1975 onward, Scolari was a visiting professor at many of the world’s top universities for nearly three decades while creating numerous installations for the La Biennale di Venezia and Milan Triennial.
Among Scolari’s notable furniture designs are the solid beechwood Spring swivel armchair, which is characterized by organic curves and has a backrest that features ebony insets, as well as the Erasmo and Zeno writing desks. Each piece offers innovative flourishes — the hidden spring in his armchair allows the sitter to lean back comfortably, which lends an unusual level of flexibility to the modern wooden seat, while his sleek writing desks are often outfitted with hidden drawers or secret pull-out compartments.
Scolari has exhibited across the United States. and Europe as well as in Russia and Japan. A retrospective of his work that featured over 100 paintings, drawings and architectural models was staged at the Cooper Union in 2012. For his distinct and creative contributions to architecture, Scolari was awarded the Arnold W. Brunner Memorial Prize in Architecture by the American Academy of Arts and Letters in New York in 2014.
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1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Massimo Scolari Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Beech, Ebony, Leather
Early 2000s Italian Modern Massimo Scolari Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Fabric, Wood
1990s Italian Massimo Scolari Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Beech, Leather, Ebony
Mid-20th Century Indian Mid-Century Modern Massimo Scolari Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Cane, Teak
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Massimo Scolari Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Aluminum
Early 20th Century Louis XV Massimo Scolari Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Leather, Wood
20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Massimo Scolari Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Metal
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Massimo Scolari Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Metal
20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Massimo Scolari Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Metal
1970s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Massimo Scolari Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Aluminum
20th Century Italian Modern Massimo Scolari Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Aluminum
1990s Italian Modern Massimo Scolari Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Acrylic
Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Antique Massimo Scolari Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Bentwood
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Massimo Scolari Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Aluminum
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Massimo Scolari Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Steel
1990s Italian Post-Modern Massimo Scolari Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Leather, Beech, Ebony
1990s Italian Modern Massimo Scolari Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Aluminum