Enzo Mari Desk Accessories
Italian, 1932-2020
Enzo Mari was an influential industrial designer and a beloved curmudgeon who revered Marxism. His vintage mid-century modern designs are simple, functional and poetic. Widely known Mari-designed objects include desk accessories, such as the Formosa perpetual wall calendar, vases, cocktail tables and chandeliers.
Enzo Mari's work is embedded within the city of Milan, the Italian capital of all things design. In fact, the traffic bollards he devised are part of the city itself: Shaped like "panettone" cakes, they simultaneously direct traffic and provide seating for pedestrians.
In 1974, Mari published Autoprogettazione? (roughly translated as self-design), a Marx-inspired, anti-industrial, do-it-yourself handbook for the everyday person to use to build furniture without the assistance of a glitzy designer or knowledge of complex joinery. Mari’s intent with the publication was to remove the alienation of the creator and manufacturer from the end product by teaching anyone to develop a critical eye for production.
Artek relaunched kits based on the blueprints in the manual in an exhibition at Spazio Rossana Orlandi in 2010. The subsequent collectability of his work was reportedly irksome for Mari because he abhorred the industrial production for which he was becoming known.
Mari’s meager upbringing heavily influenced his politics, and even in childhood, he would come up with ingenious ways to support the family financially. As a designer, the desire to envision and build significant pieces was more important to Mari than devising new marketing and retail sales tactics. He optimistically believed objects could change the world. This view went against the rising consumer mania for every next trend that surfaced in the late 20th century. Not surprisingly, his ecological and economical stance led him to produce fewer objects.
Mari's philosophy did not stop people from desiring his creations, nor prevent other designers from wanting to collaborate with him. Following World War II, he worked for companies like Danese, Olivetti, Artemide, Driade and Alessi, who brought his prodigious designs to the public, and Mari’s work was widely celebrated.
The Golden Compass, Italy's highest honor for industrial design, was awarded to Mari four times before he died from COVID in 2020, and New York’s Museum of Modern Art has a permanent collection of his objects on display.
On 1stDibs, find a collection of Enzo Mari decorative objects, folk art and serveware.
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Creator: Enzo Mari
Danese Milano Ameland Letter Opener in Stainless Steel by Enzo Mari
By Danese Milano, Enzo Mari
Located in Hicksville, NY
Ameland is a double-edged paper knife in satin finish stainless steel and is the result of an astute simplification of the manufacturing process. The piece is made unique by its dins...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Enzo Mari Desk Accessories
Materials
Stainless Steel
Enzo Mari, Rare Cube Resin with Black Ball Sphere, Sculpture/Paperweight
By Enzo Mari
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Very nice modern resin cube by the very well known designer Enzo Mari, Measures in cm 7 x 7 x 7.
Category
1960s Italian Modern Vintage Enzo Mari Desk Accessories
Materials
Resin
Enzo Mari Letter and Pen Holder for Danese 1962, in Blue and Green
By Danese Milano, Enzo Mari
Located in Milan, IT
Early Enzo Mari Letter and Pen Holder for Danese 1962.
In the colors of Blue and Green.
Carries the Danese label.
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Enzo Mari Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
1950s Italian Pair of Cubes by Enzo Mari for Danese Milano
By Danese Milano, Enzo Mari
Located in Sagaponack, NY
Two resin cubes, each containing a sphere, designed by Enzo Mari. Made in Italy by Danese Milano, 1950s.
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Enzo Mari Desk Accessories
Materials
Resin
Danese Milano Perpetual Wall English Calendar in Wood by Enzo Mari
By Danese Milano, Enzo Mari
Located in Hicksville, NY
Calendario bilancia is a wall calendar that underlines the passing of time thanks to the human intervention needed to methodically change the date each and every day. It consists of ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Enzo Mari Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
Danese Milano Small Citera Box in Stainless Steel by Enzo Mari
By Danese Milano, Enzo Mari
Located in Hicksville, NY
Citera is a small box made using a combination of contrasting materials, polished stainless steel and rosewood. The lid can either be opened on hinges or simply placed on top and the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Enzo Mari Desk Accessories
Materials
Stainless Steel
Steel 1960s Ventotene Desk Organizer, Model 3054A by E. Mari for Danese Milano
By Danese Milano, Enzo Mari
Located in Varese, Lombardia
Ventotene desk organizer, model 3054A in polished steel designed by Enzo Mari for Danese Milano in 1964.
Good condition: this is a vintage item, not a brand new product. Signs of we...
Category
1960s Italian Space Age Vintage Enzo Mari Desk Accessories
Materials
Steel
Danese Milano Formosa French Letters for Perpetual Wall Calendar by Enzo Mari
By Danese Milano, Enzo Mari
Located in Hicksville, NY
Danese Milano Formosa letters in French for Perpetual wall calendar by Enzo Mari
Enzo Mari is one of the masters of Italian Design. He was b...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Enzo Mari Desk Accessories
Materials
Aluminum
Danese Milano In Attesa Wastepaper Basket in Black by Enzo Mari
By Danese Milano, Enzo Mari
Located in Hicksville, NY
In attesa is a wastepaper basket. It is an injection moulded polypropylene cylinder but the base is not perpendicular to the sides instead it is at a diagona...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Enzo Mari Desk Accessories
Materials
Plastic
Danese Milano Flores Orange Box in Stainless Steel by Enzo Mari
By Danese Milano, Enzo Mari
Located in Hicksville, NY
Orange Flores is a rounded, plastic pencil case. It is made up of two parts in polystyrene. The hinges are the distinctive invention of the designer and with their interlocking mecha...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Enzo Mari Desk Accessories
Materials
Polystyrene
Danese Milano Formosa Perpetual Wall French Calendar in Black by Enzo Mari
By Danese Milano, Enzo Mari
Located in Hicksville, NY
Formosa is a wall calendar with an aluminium back plate that supports the removable sheets of pvc that make up the date. The font used in the black and red version is Helvetica and t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Enzo Mari Desk Accessories
Materials
Aluminum
Danese Milano Koro Wastepaper Basket in Red by Enzo Mari
By Danese Milano, Enzo Mari
Located in Hicksville, NY
Koro is a waste paper basket intended for the workplace and in public spaces. The cylindrical form is made of injection-moulded polypropylene.
Enzo Mari is one of the masters of I...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Enzo Mari Desk Accessories
Materials
Plastic
20th Century Enzo Mari Danese Paperweight Mod. Tokelau in Iron and Polyurethane
By Enzo Mari, Danese Milano
Located in Turin, Turin
Very modernist Paperweight designed by the great designer Enzo Mari for the manufacturer Danese Milano in 1983. The paperweight is called model "Tokelau" that is a Polynesian word me...
Category
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Enzo Mari Desk Accessories
Materials
Stainless Steel, Iron
Mannelli F.Lli Travertine Ornaments Three Swans Minimalist Style
By Enzo Mari, Fratelli Mannelli
Located in Prato, Tuscany
We kindly suggest you read the whole description, because with it we try to give you detailed technical and historical information to guarantee the authenticity of our objects.
A ni...
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Late 20th Century Italian Minimalist Enzo Mari Desk Accessories
Materials
Travertine
Danese Milano Timor Perpetual English Calendar in Black by Enzo Mari
By Danese Milano, Enzo Mari
Located in Hicksville, NY
Timor is a perpetual calendar. The PVC cards that represent the days of the week, months of the year and dates are fixed to a central pivot and can be fanned out for the user to choo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Enzo Mari Desk Accessories
Materials
PVC
Danese Milano Timor Perpetual English Calendar in White by Enzo Mari
By Danese Milano, Enzo Mari
Located in Hicksville, NY
Timor is a perpetual calendar. The PVC cards that represent the days of the week, months of the year and dates are fixed to a central pivot and can be fanned out for the user to choo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Enzo Mari Desk Accessories
Materials
PVC
Danese Milano Lampedusa Blue Pencil Holder in Melamine by Enzo Mari
By Danese Milano, Enzo Mari
Located in Hicksville, NY
Blue Lampedusa is a re-edition of the famous melamine desktop pencil holder that has become one of the classics of 20th Century design and can be found in numerous museum collections...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Enzo Mari Desk Accessories
Materials
Resin
Danese Milano Flores Opaline Box in Stainless Steel by Enzo Mari
By Danese Milano, Enzo Mari
Located in Hicksville, NY
Opaline Flores is a rounded, plastic pencil case. It is made up of two parts in polystyrene. The hinges are the distinctive invention of the designer and with their interlocking mech...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Enzo Mari Desk Accessories
Materials
Polystyrene
Danese Milano In Attesa Wastepaper Basket in Graphite by Enzo Mari
By Danese Milano, Enzo Mari
Located in Hicksville, NY
In attesa is a wastepaper basket. It is an injection moulded polypropylene cylinder but the base is not perpendicular to the sides instead it is at a diagona...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Enzo Mari Desk Accessories
Materials
Plastic
Danese Milano Formosa English Letters for Perpetual Wall Calendar by Enzo Mari
By Danese Milano, Enzo Mari
Located in Hicksville, NY
Danese Milano Formosa letters in English for Perpetual wall calendar by Enzo Mari
Enzo Mari is one of the masters of Italian Design. He was ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Enzo Mari Desk Accessories
Materials
Aluminum
Danese Milano Timor Perpetual French Calendar in Black by Enzo Mari
By Danese Milano, Enzo Mari
Located in Hicksville, NY
Timor is a perpetual calendar. The PVC cards that represent the days of the week, months of the year and dates are fixed to a central pivot and can be fanned out for the user to choo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Enzo Mari Desk Accessories
Materials
PVC
Danese Milano Sumatra Graphite Paper Tray in Technopolymer by Enzo Mari
By Danese Milano, Enzo Mari
Located in Hicksville, NY
Graphite Sumatra is a stackable letter tray made of technopolymer with rubber feet. When two or more of the trays are stacked all of the space above and below each piece can be maxim...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Enzo Mari Desk Accessories
Materials
Rubber
Danese Milano Sumatra Red Paper Tray in Technopolymer by Enzo Mari
By Danese Milano, Enzo Mari
Located in Hicksville, NY
Red Sumatra is a stackable letter tray made of technopolymer with rubber feet. When two or more of the trays are stacked all of the space above and below each piece can be maximized....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Enzo Mari Desk Accessories
Materials
Rubber
Danese Milano Koro Wastepaper Basket in Silver by Enzo Mari
By Danese Milano, Enzo Mari
Located in Hicksville, NY
Koro is a waste paper basket intended for the workplace and in public spaces. The cylindrical form is made of injection-moulded polypropylene.
Enzo Mari is one of the masters of I...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Enzo Mari Desk Accessories
Materials
Plastic
Enzo Mari, Rare Resin Cube, Sculpture, Paperweight, with Polyhedral Inside
By Enzo Mari, Danese Milano
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a very rare Mari resin cube from the 1950s, it measures in cm 7 x 7 x 7, has a couple of flee bites in 2 corners. Similar sample with black inside in Progressione di sculptur...
Category
1950s Italian Modern Vintage Enzo Mari Desk Accessories
Materials
Resin
Danese Milano Formosa Numbers for Perpetual Wall Calendar in Black by Enzo Mari
By Danese Milano, Enzo Mari
Located in Hicksville, NY
Danese Milano Formosa numbers for Perpetual wall calendar in black by Enzo Mari
Enzo Mari is one of the masters of Italian Design. He was bo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Enzo Mari Desk Accessories
Materials
Aluminum
Danese Milano Timor Perpetual French Calendar in White by Enzo Mari
By Danese Milano, Enzo Mari
Located in Hicksville, NY
Timor is a perpetual calendar. The PVC cards that represent the days of the week, months of the year and dates are fixed to a central pivot and can be fanned out for the user to choo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Enzo Mari Desk Accessories
Materials
PVC
Danese Milano Formosa Perpetual Wall English Calendar in Black by Enzo Mari
By Danese Milano, Enzo Mari
Located in Hicksville, NY
Formosa is a wall calendar with an aluminium back plate that supports the removable sheets of pvc that make up the date. The font used in the black and red version is Helvetica and t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Enzo Mari Desk Accessories
Materials
Aluminum
Danese Milano Lampedusa Orange Pencil Holder in Melamine by Enzo Mari
By Danese Milano, Enzo Mari
Located in Hicksville, NY
Orange Lampedusa is a re-edition of the famous melamine desktop pencil holder that has become one of the classics of 20th Century design and can be found in numerous museum collectio...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Enzo Mari Desk Accessories
Materials
Resin
Danese Milano Sumatra Black Paper Tray in Technopolymer by Enzo Mari
By Danese Milano, Enzo Mari
Located in Hicksville, NY
Black Sumatra is a stackable letter tray made of technopolymer with rubber feet. When two or more of the trays are stacked all of the space above and below each piece can be maximize...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Enzo Mari Desk Accessories
Materials
Rubber
Danese Milano Formosa Perpetual Wall French Calendar in Natural by Enzo Mari
By Danese Milano, Enzo Mari
Located in Hicksville, NY
Formosa is a wall calendar with an aluminium back plate that supports the removable sheets of pvc that make up the date. The font used in the black and red version is Helvetica and t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Enzo Mari Desk Accessories
Materials
Aluminum
Danese Milano Ventotene Papertray & Pencil Stainless Steel Holder by Enzo Mari
By Danese Milano, Enzo Mari
Located in Hicksville, NY
Ventotene is a lettertray and pencil holder rolled into one. It combines both design and functionalism in one useful and attractive everyday object made of polished stainless steel.
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Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Enzo Mari Desk Accessories
Materials
Stainless Steel
Danese Milano Sumatra White Paper Tray in Technopolymer by Enzo Mari
By Danese Milano, Enzo Mari
Located in Hicksville, NY
White Sumatra is a stackable letter tray made of technopolymer with rubber feet. When two or more of the trays are stacked all of the space above and below each piece can be maximize...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Enzo Mari Desk Accessories
Materials
Rubber
Danese Milano Flores Black Box in Stainless Steel by Enzo Mari
By Danese Milano, Enzo Mari
Located in Hicksville, NY
Black Flores is a rounded, plastic pencil case. It is made up of two parts in polystyrene. The hinges are the distinctive invention of the designer and with their interlocking mechan...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Enzo Mari Desk Accessories
Materials
Polystyrene
Danese Milano In Attesa Wastepaper Basket in White by Enzo Mari
By Danese Milano, Enzo Mari
Located in Hicksville, NY
In attesa is a wastepaper basket. It is an injection moulded polypropylene cylinder but the base is not perpendicular to the sides instead it is at a diagona...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Enzo Mari Desk Accessories
Materials
Plastic
Danese Milano Large Citera Box in Stainless Steel by Enzo Mari
By Danese Milano, Enzo Mari
Located in Hicksville, NY
Citera is a large box made using a combination of contrasting materials, polished stainless steel and rosewood. The lid can either be opened on hinges or simply placed on top and the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Enzo Mari Desk Accessories
Materials
Stainless Steel
Danese Milano Koro Wastepaper Basket in White by Enzo Mari
By Danese Milano, Enzo Mari
Located in Hicksville, NY
Koro is a waste paper basket intended for the workplace and in public spaces. The cylindrical form is made of injection-moulded polypropylene.
Enzo Mari is one of the masters of I...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Enzo Mari Desk Accessories
Materials
Plastic
Danese Milano In Attesa Wastepaper Basket in Opaline by Enzo Mari
By Danese Milano, Enzo Mari
Located in Hicksville, NY
In attesa is a wastepaper basket. It is an injection moulded polypropylene cylinder but the base is not perpendicular to the sides instead it is at a diagona...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Enzo Mari Desk Accessories
Materials
Plastic
Danese Milano Koro Wastepaper Basket in Black by Enzo Mari
By Danese Milano, Enzo Mari
Located in Hicksville, NY
Koro is a waste paper basket intended for the workplace and in public spaces. The cylindrical form is made of injection-moulded polypropylene.
Enzo Mari is one of the masters of I...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Enzo Mari Desk Accessories
Materials
Plastic
Danese Milano Compartment for In Attesa/Koro in Black by Enzo Mari
By Danese Milano, Enzo Mari
Located in Hicksville, NY
Danese Milano Compartment for In Attesa/Koro waste paper basket in black by Enzo Mari
Enzo Mari is one of the masters of Italian Design. He was born in No...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Enzo Mari Desk Accessories
Materials
Plastic
Danese Milano Compartment for In Attesa/Koro in Opaline by Enzo Mari
By Danese Milano, Enzo Mari
Located in Hicksville, NY
Danese Milano Compartment for In Attesa/Koro waste paper basket in opaline by Enzo Mari
Enzo Mari is one of the masters of Italian Design. He was born in ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Enzo Mari Desk Accessories
Materials
Plastic
Danese Milano Flores White Box in Stainless Steel by Enzo Mari
By Danese Milano, Enzo Mari
Located in Hicksville, NY
White Flores is a rounded, plastic pencil case. It is made up of two parts in polystyrene. The hinges are the distinctive invention of the designer and with their interlocking mechan...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Enzo Mari Desk Accessories
Materials
Polystyrene
Danese Milano Formosa Perpetual Wall English Calendar in Natural by Enzo Mari
By Danese Milano, Enzo Mari
Located in Hicksville, NY
Formosa is a wall calendar with an aluminium back plate that supports the removable sheets of pvc that make up the date. The font used in the black and red version is Helvetica and t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Enzo Mari Desk Accessories
Materials
Aluminum
Danese Milano Flores Graphite Box in Stainless Steel by Enzo Mari
By Danese Milano, Enzo Mari
Located in Hicksville, NY
Graphite Flores is a rounded, plastic pencil case. It is made up of two parts in polystyrene. The hinges are the distinctive invention of the designer and with their interlocking mec...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Enzo Mari Desk Accessories
Materials
Polystyrene
Set of Two "Ventotene" Desk Sets by Enzo Mari for Danese, Italy, 1960s
By Danese Milano, Enzo Mari
Located in Milan, IT
Set of two Ventotene desk sets by Enzo Mari for Danese.
Polished stainless steel elements featuring Vertical spaces to slip notepaper in, horizontal planes to put pencils on.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Enzo Mari Desk Accessories
Materials
Stainless Steel
Early "Malta" Model 3029A Marble Letter Holder by Enzo Mari for Danese, 1960
By Enzo Mari, Danese Milano
Located in Koper, SI
Iconic and rare letter holder by the Italian design master Enzo Mari, in white marble, designed in 1960 and produced for a short period by Danese.
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Enzo Mari Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble
Enzo Mari desk accessories for sale on 1stDibs.
Enzo Mari desk accessories are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of plastic and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Enzo Mari desk accessories, although gray editions of this piece are particularly popular. We have 8 vintage editions of these items in-stock, while there is 37 modern edition to choose from as well. Many of the original desk accessories by Enzo Mari were created in the modern style in italy during the 21st century and contemporary. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider desk accessories by Danese Milano, Stefano Giovannoni, and Kartell. Prices for Enzo Mari desk accessories can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $15 and can go as high as $3,500, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $65.