3 seater bench by Dominque Prevot & Jean-Luch Favriau for Édition France Design

the experimentables. what comes to your mind when asked about italian design? many people might first think of „elegance“, or „modernity“. but how about „bold“, „futuristic“ and „experimental“? from our point of view, italian designers in the 20th century have often been drivers of progress, with advanced technical ideas, or the bold use of industrial manufacturing methods. one of the most versatile of them was (and is) gaetano pesce, *1939 in la spezia. as an artist and architect, urban planner and industrial designer he literally „made“ everything. from the ‚organic building‘ in osaka to the offices of chiat/day advertising agency in new york. he often experimented with industrial materials unseen in furniture making, starting with the famous ‚golgatha‘ chair for cassina (1972), formed from one piece of moulded fibreglass, cloth and polyester resin. his works can bee seen in museums all over the world, from milan to miami, from chicago to beijing. pesce always had one thing in mind: humanity. “i like beauty full of mistakes because we are human. perfection is for machines, it is obsolete, gone,” he once said. and you can feel it in his organic, innovative, warm, sometimes imperfect and often witty designs. he tries to bridge art and design and to always make a statement about and for society. his iconic ‚up“-flat-pack-armchair for c&b italia (now b&b italia) recently celebrated its 50th jubilee. also called „la mamma“ the connected chair and stool could be seen as a mother-and-child-combination – or as a „ball-and-chain“ that ties women to their traditional role in a household. in 1995 he designed the „triple play“ series of resin tables. we have two available in different size and heights: this table is the smaller and lower one shows a cartoonish face with moustache on a yellow background, also on steel rod legs, here with black feet (stamped underneath with manufacturer’s mark „fish...

Gio Ponti was a true Italian „renaissance men“, meaning: fluent in many arts. A painter, an architect (of international fame with the design of the ‚Pirelli Tower‘ in Milan), a desig...

brute moderne. good architects are often good designers, too. either because they develop the interior for a planned building at the same time, or because they want to implement the...

brute moderne/. good architects are often good designers, too. either because they develop the interior for a planned building at the same time, or because they want to implement th...

Rare and fully original two seater by Dominique Prevot, France 1970s. Bares marks and scratches which gives the piece character and shows that it has been in use. No structural is...

This elegant Balance bench designed by Jeffrey Bernett for Bernhardt Design, features a clean, tight look and is soft and very comfortable. Balance is a fully upholstered bench that ...

Charlotte Perriand and Guy Rey Millet for the refuge of Jean Prouvé - Col de la Varoise Bench in solid pine, assembled from rectangular wooden ingots Provenance: Refuge Jean Prouvé d...

A Country French bench with dark stained beech wood frame and natural rush seat. Right arm repaired. Perfect for a hallway or entryway. Dimensions: 69"W x 15"D x 36"H Seat: 17"H Cont...