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Straccio Easy Chair by De Pas, D’urbino, Lomazzi for Zanotta, Italy 1967

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Straccio Easy Chair by De Pas, D’Urbino, Lomazzi for Zanotta Italy 1967. Very cool shaped lounge chair designed by Jonathan de Pas, Donato D’urbino and Paolo Lomazzo, made by Zanotta Italy 1967. This chair has a original fabric upholstery and the structure is fully covered in foam which makes this a comfortable lounge chair. Super comfortable lounge chair in very good original condition. Extremely comfortable, chic and highly indicative of the Italian 1970's glamorous design period. This comfortable lounge chair would make an eye-catching addition to any interior such as a living room, family room, screening room or office. It also perfectly fits in a hospitality or corporate location like a boutique hotel lobby, cocktail bar, members club or a luxury boutique—some minor patina on the leather and metal parts, but in overall very good vintage condition. Paolo Lomazzi’s collaboration with Jonathan de Pas and Donato D’Urbino began in 1966. In the 1960s-1970s they developed a specific interest in creating furniture and temporary architecture with industrially advanced materials and technology. They designed and built a series of pneumatic structures for the Italian Pavilion at the World Exposition in Osaka, for the XIV Triennale of Milan and for Eurodomus. In 1967 they designed an inflatable armchair called Blow and since then have been working in the Industrial Design field. They planned and built Industrial and residential buildings and extended their focus to the diverse areas of Industrial products: home and office equipment, lighting, electronics, bathroom fixtures, etc. Their designs have been produced by well known companies such as: Acerbis, Alessi, Artemide, BBB Bonacina, Bellato-Pallucco, Bonacina Pierantonio, Bonaldo, Cassina-Marcatre, Driade, De Padova, Giannini, Lualdi Porte, Lumina Italia, MDF Italia, Naos, Valli & Valli, Poltronova, Quattrocchio, Robots, Scavolini, Stilnovo, Tonelli, Zanotta, Zerodisegno, Roset, Koizumi, and Santa&Cole. Since 1970 they have participated in many exhibitions, including the Triennale, the Eurodomus, “Italy: The New Domestic Landscape” at MOMA in New York in 1972, the Bio in Ljubljana and in many Compasso d’Oro and ADI travelling exhibitions. They designed interiors and objects for several prestigious institutions: the ritual lamps for the Jerusalem Museum, the SAD exhibitions in Paris (1985 and 1987), the United Nations’s booth at the XVII Triennale (1988), the fittings for “Italianische Mobel Design 1950/80” held at the Staadtmuseum in Cologne (1982) and for SIAL in Paris (1992) ordered by ICE. In 1983 they took part in the Scientific and Organizing Committee of the ICSID Congress. They have received much recognition and many awards, including the Compasso d’Oro of 1979, awards at the Bio 7 (1977) and Bio 9 (1981) in Ljubljana, the Design Award Winner of 1998 in Hannover, the Wallpaper Design Awards “Best Domestic Design” in 2009. Their works are in the design collections of several museums, including: the Museum of Modern Art and The Brooklyn Museum of Art in New York, The Denver Art Museum in Colorado, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, the Design Museum of London, the Kunstgewerbe Museums in Zurich and Berlin, the Staatliches Museum fur angewandte Kunst in Munich, the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the Jerusalem Museum in Israel, the Triennale in Milan, and the Vitra Design Museum in Weil-am-Rhein. The historical literature on Italian design and the major international publications about architecture and design document their work. Feature articles on their work have been published by, among others, “Japan Interior Design” in 1977. In 1989 RIMA Editrice published the monograph De Pas D’Urbino Lomazzi by Fabio Conti. In 2011 a further more complete monograph titled De Pas D’Urbino Lomazzi was dedicated to their work by Daniele Baroni and Santino Limonta for the RDE types - Ricerche Design Editrice. Hachette published a monograph on their works in 2011. Others monographs were dedicated to the studio by Vanni Pasca (De Pas, D’Urbino e Lomazzi. Il gioco e le regole, 2012), Maria Teresa Feraboli (L’archivio dello Studio De Pas, D’Urbino, Lomazzi, “I Quaderni del CASVA”, n°13, 2012 and Opere e progetti, 2013). In 1987, the exhibition “De Pas, D’Urbino, Lomazzi” was inaugurated at the temple Daikaku-Ji, Kyoto and in 1992. A monographic exposition named “A three voiced choir” was organized in 1992 in the IZM Tokyo Gallery of the Koizumi firm. In 2011 a further monographic exposition with the same title, to testify the firm’s activity, was organized by the ISAI (Istituto Superiore Architettura Interni Pier Giacomo Castiglioni) of Vicenza at the gallery Lanificio Conte di Schio (VI). “The game and the Rules” is the title of the monographic exposition dedicated by the Triennale of Milan to their work in 2012. An other exposition was organized in 2012 at Politecnico di Milano: “La ‘freschezza dell’idea’. De Pas, D’Urbino, Lomazzi”. In 2013 an exhibition was organized in Geneve at Arcadia Gallery. The archive recording their work was declared of “particular historical interest” by the Minister for Cultural Patrimony and Activities. It was donated in 2010 to the CASVA (Centro di Alti Studi sulle Arti Visive) of Milan to allow conservation and consultation. Jonathan de Pas passed away in 1991. D’Urbino and Lomazzi have continued to work together until 2017. Now they continue their activities independently. The designing activities of Paolo Lomazzi go together with teaching at the Faculty of Design of the Politecnico of Milan since 2001-2007, the IUAV of Venice since 2005-2010, the ISAI of Vicenza, since 2010-2015. In 2018 received the ADI Compasso d’Oro Career award.

Creator:

Zanotta (Manufacturer),Gionathan de Pas & Donato D’Urbino & Paolo Lomazzi (Designer)

Dimensions:

Height: 30.71 in (78 cm)Width: 40.95 in (104 cm)Depth: 40.95 in (104 cm)Seat Height: 15.36 in (39 cm)

Style:

Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)

Materials and Techniques:

Fabric

Place of Origin:

Italy

Period:

Mid-20th Century

Date of Manufacture:

1967

Condition:

Wear consistent with age and use. In good original good condition with minor traces of used .

Seller Location:

Almelo, NL

Reference Number:

Seller: 32061stDibs: LU3696330767332

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Zanotta

Entrepreneur Aurelio Zanotta founded Zanotta in 1954 in Nova Milanese, Italy. Originally called Zanotta Poltrona, it specialized in traditional furniture. By the early 1960s, however, Zanotta had established a reputation for edgy mid-century modern design. Today’s vintage furniture collectors know the brand well for its innovative and wholly sculptural chairs, coffee tables and more.

One of Zanotta’s earliest successes was the Mezzadro stool — better known as the Tractor stool — designed by Pier Giacomo Castiglioni and his brother Achille in the late 1950s. In 1965, Zanotta was among the first furniture companies to work with expanded polyurethane foam and frameless construction, such as for the Throw-Away sofas and armchairs designed by Willie Landels. Another popular design was the Blow chair — designed by Jonathan De Pas, Donato D’Urbino, Paolo Lomazzi and Carla Scolari — viewed by many as a physical expression of late '60s carefree culture.

In 1969, amid the provocative movement we now call Italian Radical Design, Zanotta’s Sacco chair garnered major attention. The boundary-pushing beanbag chair was the brainchild of designers Piero Gatti, Cesare Paolini and Franco Teodoro who presented it to Aurelio Zanotta as a transparent vinyl sack loosely filled with small polystyrene balls. He suggested its signature brightly colored leather.

The Sacco chair won the 1970 ADI Design Museum’s Compasso d’Oro award. In 1972, the Museum of Modern Art in New York included it in the landmark exhibition “Italy: The New Domestic Landscape” curated by designer Emilio Ambasz. In 2020, it received a Compasso d’Oro ADI Lifetime Achievement Award for 50 years of enduring popularity. It is now in museum collections around the world including the Triennale Design Museum of Milan, the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, and London’s Victoria & Albert Museum.

After Aurelio Zanotta died in 1991, the company remained in his family and has been run by his three children since 2002. Zanotta continues to set the bar high for furniture design with trend-setting pieces.

On 1stDibs, find a collection of vintage Zanotta seating, tables and other furniture.