Studio BBPR ‘Spazio’ Sideboard

Studio BBPR for Olivetti, 'Spazio' sideboard, steel, vinyl, plastic, Italy, ca. 1960 This free-standing ‘Spazio’ sideboard features two sliding doors with a lock. Due to the slopin...

Studio BBPR for Olivetti, 'Spazio' sideboard, coated steel, plastic, glass, vinyl, Italy, design 1959/60, production, 1960s. In 1954, Olivetti, the Italian office equipment manufact...

Studio BBPR for Olivetti, 'Spazio' sideboard, steel, vinyl, plastic, Italy, design 1959/60, production 1960s In 1954, Olivetti, the Italian office equipment manufacturer, hired BBP...

Studio BBPR for Olivetti, 'Spazio' sideboard, coated steel, plastic, glass, vinyl, Italy, design 1959/60, production, 1960s. In 1954, Olivetti, the Italian office equipment manufact...

Studio BBPR for Olivetti, 'Spazio' sideboard, coated steel, plastic, glass, vinyl, Italy, design 1959/60 In 1954, Olivetti, the Italian office equipment manufacturer, hired BBPR to ...

Studio BBPR for Olivetti, 'Spazio' sideboard, coated steel, plastic, vinyl, Italy, design 1959/60, production 1960s In 1954, Olivetti, the Italian office equipment manufacturer, hired BBPR to design their New York showroom on Fifth Avenue and to create their first series of office furniture, called Spazio (1959/60). This line included chairs, shelving, cabinet systems, and desks, just like the one shown here. It won the Compasso d'Oro Award in 1962. The cabinet contains compartments with drawers secured on both sides. The top is furnished with dark brown vinyl which adds a sturdy touch the overall industrial appearance. Studio B.B.P.R. was an Italian architectural partnership founded in Milan in 1932 by Gianluigi Banfi (1910-1945), Lodovico Barbiano di Belgiojoso (1909-2004), Enrico Peressutti (1908-1976) and Ernesto Nathan Rogers (1909-1969) who had studied at the Politecnico di Milano. B.B.P.R. was thus an acronym formed from the first letters of their family names. The architects found each other in their opposition to fascism in Italy in the 1930s and 1940s during Mussolini's autocratic regime. The architects therefore believed in developing a style that would have no references to contemporary politics. During the Second World War, they all joined the resistance. However, Rogers, a Jew, fled to Switzerland and both Belgiojoso and Banfi were deported to the Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria, where Banfi died in 1945. Despite the immense loss of Banfi, their architectural practice continued in the same name as before after...

A sideboard designed by Studio B.B.P.R. (G.L. Banfi; L.B. Belgiojoso; E. Peresutti; E.N. Rogers) and made by Olivetti, Ivrea. Materials: Sheet steel, tubular steel (painted olive g...

Vintage Studio BBPR for Olivetti, "Spazio" Sideboard, ca. Italy 1960. The 'Spazio' series was designed by Studio BBPR for Olivetti in 1960. It won the Compasso d'Oro Award in 1962. ...

Mid-Century sideboard from the "Arco" series by Studio BBPR for Olivetti - Italy 1960s.

Circus Sideboard by Studio Roso Dimensions: D177 x W75 x H47 cm Material: Wood, glass, steel Weight: 46 kg Studio Roso is a partnership between Soph...

Kaizen storage sideboard cabinet with metal by Artefatto Design Studio is a contemporary blue cabinet covered in high gloss metal with matt interiors. Its curved doors make it appeal...

Sculptural and dimensional sideboard or room divider in hand carved tiger oak, black lacquered wood, and smoked mirror made and designed by Studio Doubinsky Fréres in 1971. This unit is edition 1 of 2 that were made, and it comprises three main wooden sections that are finished on both sides and supported in the middle on a rectangular black lacquered platform base. There are two free-floating cabinets that are secured onto each side of the center octagonal structure. The front of the octagonal portion showcases eight protruding triangular segments that alternate in oak bordered smoked mirror and beautifully carved oak reliefs of varying female forms and geometric shapes. The back of the octagonal cabinet...