Massimo _Vignelli for Casigliani Marble Umbrella Stand, Italy, 1970s

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Massimo _Vignelli for Casigliani Marble Umbrella Stand, Italy, 1970s

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This stunning umbrella stand by Massimo Vignelli for the Italian manufacturer Casigliani is made with a marble column shape. The marble column has a rough but tactile surface texture. This process rather beautifully reveals the innate structure, pattern and color of the stone used. The shape and intricate manufacturing technique make this piece a truly interesting and rare example of Vignelli's design ethic. In excellent condition with slight signs of wear due to time. For over 50 years, the married couple Massimo and Lella Vignelli have collaborated on a variety of design projects, now iconic, ranging from products, prints, interiors, exhibitions and industry. Massimo Vignelli was born in Milan in 1931. he studied architecture at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan from 1948 to 1950, and then continued his studies at the Milan Polytechnic (1950-1953) and at the University of Venice (1953-1957). ). During his studies he already began to design lighting for the famous Murano glassmaker Venini. Lella Vignelli (maiden name Valle) was born in 1934 in Udine, Italy. She studied architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge between 1955 and 1958, and, before returning to Italy, she worked as a junior designer for Skidmore and Owings & Merrill. In 1962 you graduated in architecture from the University of Venice. After getting married in 1957, the two founded the Lella and Massimo Vignelli Office of Design and Architecture in Milan in 1960, focusing on office accessories, home products, graphics, and furniture. The firm's clients include Pirelli and Olivetti, among others. In 1965 the Vignellis moved to Chicago and founded, together with six other designers, Unimark International (1965-71), specialized in corporate graphics - with clients of the caliber of American Airlines, Knoll, Bloomingdales, and Saks Fifth Avenue. As is well known, Massimo's prolific work in the field of prints promotes the Helvetica typeface, making it popular in the United States. In 1971 the couple founded Vignelli Associates (known since 1978 as Vignelli Designs) in New York; the two will continue to work together until Massimo's death in June 2014. The Vignelli can be credited with helping to bring contemporary Italian design to the United States. The aesthetic they share celebrates balance, elegance and simplicity, and embraces the philosophy that a designer should be able to design anything. Notable projects include, among others, the Knoll Handkerchief stacking chair (1982–1987); the colored plates Heller Stacking (1964) in molded melanin; and the 1972 New York subway map. During their careers, in addition to dedicating themselves to design, they both teach, lecture, write, and participate in various juries and councils. Their work has been exhibited internationally in several exhibitions, including, in 1980, in a retrospective at the Parsons School of Design in New York. In 1982 the Vignellis won the AIGA Gold Metal. In 2008 the couple donated their complete design archive to the Rochester Institute of Technology, New York; the archive is now located in a 2010 building designed by themselves, the Vignelli Center for Design Studies.

Creator:
Casigliani (Maker),Massimo Vignelli (Designer)
Dimensions:
Height: 20.87 in (53 cm)Diameter: 9.85 in (25 cm)
Style:
Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Marble
Place of Origin:
Italy
Period:
1970-1979
Date of Manufacture:
1970
Condition:
Seller Location:
Naples, IT
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU3221323345612

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Massimo Vignelli and Lella Vignelli are legendary names in branding and were prolific creators of home furnishings, products and interiors. The duo’s modernist furniture collaborations, which span 50 years, have also left a profound mark on design and wider visual culture. Furniture created by the couple is often labeled as Massimo Vignelli’s alone, though he fought to have Lella recognized for her work, even throwing away magazines that neglected to give her due credit.

As Massimo wrote of their lifelong collaboration in his book Designed By: Lella Vignelli: “It is not holding a pencil with four hands that makes a partnership; it is sharing the creative act and exercising creative criticism which is reflected in the end result.”

After meeting in Italy, Lella (1934–2016) and Massimo began working together in 1961 and a decade later formed Vignelli Associates in New York. A self-described “information architect,” Massimo was committed to streamlining complex ideas into clear, visually arresting forms. (Witness the graphic identity that he cocreated with Bob Noorda for the New York City Transit Authority as well as his influential 1972 subway map.) The Vignellis’ most recognizable piece, for example, may be the Handkerchief chair, a stackable office chair made of compression-molded plastic that has the look of a cloth floating in air. It was created for Knoll in 1983 after they designed the brand’s logo.

Evidence of the couple’s influence can also be found in their Saratoga line (1964), the first collection of lacquered furniture, which helped herald in the trendy “glossy” look of the decade (and beyond). When the Vignellis created the Poltrona Frau Interview chair in 1988 for an Italian television station, it became widely sought after, “which goes to show you the power of the TV media,” the couple once said. Much like their elemental graphic designs, the Kono (1984) and Pisa tables (1985) — both created for Casigliani — cull the form of the table down to geometric shapes.

Many of the Vignellis’ designs are considered modern masterpieces and are included in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York and other important institutions.

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