Mid-Century Modern Black Vintage Desk Platone Giancarlo Piretti, 1969, Italy

Orange umbrella stand named Pluvium designed by Giancarlo Piretti and executed by Aanonima Castelli, Italy, 1960s. An amazing umbrella stand from...

Modern blue vintage coat rack model Dilemma by Giancarlo Piretti and produced by Castilia, Castel S. Pietro (Bo), Italy 1984. This amazing object features a coat rack and a ladder in one piece and could easily be transformed into a five steps ladder, also for hanging up clothes. The steps made from cast aluminum show stable condition. As you take the coat rack from the base, the rack folds out to a ladder, after using the ladder easy to handle the re fold and return into the base. Gorgeous and bold design piece from the 1980s. Gian Carlo Piretti ( 1940 ) has designed many gorgeous design pieces as Plia chairs, Platone desks...

Mid Century Modern vintage dining table, which is a fantastic foldable chromed metal construction with a clear glass top (thickness 0.32 in = 0.8 cm). This minimalistic Desk or Dinin...

The space age red vintage plastic coat stand was designed by Giancarlo Piretti, Italy 1972, and produced by Anonima Castelli. Also it is stamped underneath. Furthermore the coat stan...

One of the most influential Italian designers of the twentieth century, Giancarlo Piretti’s chair designs – for which he is most celebrated – have sold millions worldwide. Piretti’s...

Fabulous and incredibly rare midcentury blue "Platone" folding desk designed by Giancarlo Piretti and produced by Anonima Castelly in Italy during the 1970s. The desk is in spectacul...

Wonderful and incredibly rare midcentury red "Platone" folding desk designed by Giancarlo Piretti and produced by Anonima Castelly in Italy during the 1970s. The desk is in amazing v...

Lovely white "Platone" folding desk. Designed by the visionary Giancarlo Piretti and produced by Anonima Castelli in Italy during the 1970s. The desk is signed on the bottom. In brand new condition, this desk has never been used and is a new old stock. The Platone desk was designed to be presented as a set with the Plia chair. It is also held in the permanent collection of the MoMa in NYC. Its ingenious three-disc mechanism, a signature feature of Piretti’s bestsellers, reaches its boldest expression in the Platone. The white top is a perfect match with the bold design of this little table, with the metal structure sustaining the table on one side. Platone is built to last and integrates seamlessly into any modern or vintage interior. This stylish desk could function perfectly in a modern or midcentury style children's room or office. Dimension (cm): Width - 82 Depth - 64 Height - 69 Italian interior and industrial designer Giancarlo Piretti was born in 1940 in Bologna. He obtained his teaching degree in drawing at the Art Institute of Bologna (dates unknown), and continued his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna in 1960. From 1963 until 1970, he taught interior design at the Art Institute of Bologna. Sometime in the 1960s, Piretti also joined Italian design company Castelli as an interior designer, creating home furniture and office furnishings. During his twelve years at Castelli, Piretti obtained numerous industrial patents for his designs, which were mostly chairs. Piretti’s work for Castelli garnered the company an international reputation in furniture design. His most well-known design is the plastic folding Plia Chair (1968), which has sold over seven million copies since 1969 and is still in production. It won the BIO 5 distinction and the SMAU prize at the Ljubljana Biennial in 1971, Germany’s Gute Form prize in 1973, and can be found in permanent collections in various museums world-wide, including Austria, Czech Republic, Slovenia and the United States. In 1969 the complementary Plia Table...