Mario Bellini Tenerife Chair

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Mario bellini tenerife chair.

Made from a single piece of molded polyurethane this experimental chair was technically difficult to create and was never put into production. An icon of contemporary design italian architect and designer mario bellini s enduring cab armchair features a striking form that balances function and comfort with ease. He has designed countless art design and architecture exhibitions over the years both in. Mario bellini mario bellini is an architect industrial designer teacher spokesman curator and editor.

1500 set. He became one of the leading exponents of italian design in the 1970s. A spectacular set of mario bellini signed desk chairs for the vitra dated 1992 production. Category 1990s swiss modern mario bellini furniture.

The chair was conceived as an extension of the body a skeleton structure of tubular steel is covered by a skin of stretched leather. Mario bellini born february 1 1935 milan is an italian architect and designer he graduated from the milan polytechnic faculty of architecture in 1959 and began working as an architect himself in the early 1960s. He has played each of these roles with the same commitment to promoting design as his predecessors marco zanuso and vico magistretti. This post modern set of task chairs feature soft and supple black leather in excellent con.

He is the winner among others of 8 compasso d oro and prestigious architecture awards including the medaglia d oro conferred on him by the president of the italian republic. Cab was the first ever chair to feature a free standing leather structure inspired by how our skin fits over our skeleton. He received the golden compass award eight times and 25 of his works are in the permanent design collection of the new york moma which dedicated to him a personal retrospective in 1987. World renowned architect and designer mario bellini has been an influential figure in italian design since the 1960s.

The upholstery consists of sixteen pieces of saddle leather. Ypsilon office chair by mario bellini for vitra 2001 images courtesy of mario bellini architects. Model amanta modular lounge chairs sofa by mario bellini for c b italia 1960s. One of mario bellini s most show stopping designs the bellini cab chair was dreamed up by bellini in 1977.

He was editor of domus magazine 1985 1991. Mario bellini teneride chair cassina italy 1970 molded polyurethane lacquered wood lacquered fiberglass 26 25 w x 25 5 d x 35 5 h inches. His prolific body of work spans architecture urban planning and furniture and industrial design. Mario bellini is an architect and designer internationally renowned.

1st edition camaleonda sofa by mario bellini for c b italia circa 1970.