Ross Littell Luar Low Table in Steel and Glass by IFC 1970s

Arcadia 100 low coffee table with a rectangular shape (the squareshaped model 80 also exists) designed in 1969 by the famous Italian designer Vico Magistretti and produced by Artemide starting from 1970. The coffee table is made of reinforced resin. More exactly the material used is called GRP (Glass fibre Reinforced Plastic), a very resistant thermosetting plastic material consisting of a thick meshwork of glass fibres impregnated with polyester resin. The item is characterized by its S-shaped legs typical of the Magistretti's design poetics (shapes used in many other furnishings from the Selene chair to the Chimera lamp...

Low table with a round-shaped table top in white marble and four metal legs from the Parallel Bar series, designed by Florence Knoll and manufactured by Knoll International during the 1950s. Born to a baker, and orphaned at age twelve, Florence Schust grew up in Saginaw, Michigan. Schust demonstrated an early interest in architecture and was enrolled at the Kingswood School for Girls, adjacent to the Cranbrook Academy of Art. While at Kingswood, Florence befriended Eilel Saarinen, whom she would later study under at Cranbrook. Warmly embraced by the Saarinen family, Florence vacationed with them in Finland, enjoyed the company of their accomplished friends, and formed a very close relationship with Eliel’s son, Eero. The connections she made and the skills she developed while at Cranbrook were the foundations of Florence Schust’s incredible design education and pioneering career. With recommendations from Eliel Saarinen and Alvar Aalto, Florence went on to study under some of the greatest 20th century architects, including Walter Gropius and Marcel Breuer in Cambridge, Massachusetts and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe at the Illinois Institute of Technology. In 1941 Florence moved to New York where she met Hans Knoll who was establishing his furniture company. With Florence’s design skills and Hans’ business acumen and salesmanship, the pair, who married in 1946, grew the nascent company into an international arbiter of style and design. Florence also seeded contributions with her friends Eero Saarinen, Harry Bertoia, and Mies van der Rohe. In creating the revolutionary Knoll Planning Unit, Florence Knoll defined the standard for the modern corporate interiors of post-war America. Drawing on her background in architecture, she introduced modern notions of efficiency, space planning, and comprehensive design to office planning. Florence ardently maintained that she did not merely decorate space. She created it. The Planning Unit rigorously researched and surveyed each client — assessing their needs, defining patterns of use and understanding company hierarchies — before presenting a comprehensive design, informed by the principles of modernism and beautifully executed in signature Knoll style. Florence and the Planning Unit were responsible for the interiors of some of America’s largest corporations, including IBM, GM and CBS. As part of her work with the Planning Unit, Florence frequently contributed furniture designs to the Knoll catalog...

Dining table with a beautiful base in steel and top in thick glass, designed by Vittorio Introini and manufactured by Saporiti in the 1970s. The table present an elegant and beautif...

Sunny round-shaped table with a structure in wood, tabletop in smoked glass, and metal details. Designed by Giovanni Offredi and produced by Saporiti in the 1970s. The manufacturer's label is present on the table base. The Sunny table can accommodate from 2 up to 4 seats. It's easily adaptable to different ambiance and spaces. Giovanni Offredi was a prominent Italian furniture and product designer of the second half of the 20th century. As opposed to most of the other Italian furniture designers of his time, Giovanni Offredi was not an architect, nor did he start designing early in his professional career. Instead, Offredi partially fits the career path of some of the talented contemporary designers who pursue product design outside of formal education in architecture. The earliest furniture design work known by Giovanni Offredi consists of exemplary furnishings made specifically for some of wealthy families in Milan. Such is the case of the works done by Offredi for Casa C., in 1960, in Gorgonzola, a small town 14 miles from Milan. These works were designed with a surprisingly minimal simplicity and elegance, and they also clearly display a hallmark of his design work with the use of angular lines and exposed metal or wood frames—not unlike some of the modern Scandinavian designs of the time. In the late 1960s, Giovanni Offredi met Sergio Saporiti, the owner of an Italian design shop and furniture maker Saporiti, and in 1970, Offredi formalized a partnership with the furniture maker. This partnership would be long and successful and resulted in many furniture designs of distinct precision that were clearly modern and innovative and that went on to enjoy considerable commercial success. The most prominent furniture designs that Offredi made for Saporiti include the Paracarro table...

Extremely rare and beautiful, "Luar" dining table designed by Ross Littell for ICF, De Padova, Italy in 1972. This is a truly wonderful example of...

Luar model coffee table by Ross Littell for ICF De Padova. Refined square coffee table with minimalist style. Made of chrome-plated steel, brushed steel, and wooden frame. The cof...

Ross F. Littell (July 14, 1924 - April 17, 2000) was an American textile and furniture designer known for his practical, innovative, and minimalist style as part of the Good Design m...

Two 1970s coffee tables with steel frame and clear glass top. Modern and functional, they are suitable for all types of rooms. Large coffee table: W 51cm D 37.5cm H 41.5cm Small si...