Realised in the 1970s, by Carlo
Scarpa for his own home, this bookcase was later reworked at the request of
Dino Gavina to make it suitable for industrial manufacture. The individual
units are linked by a spacer insert. This has become the iconic ..
Simple to the point of
being austere, Sangirolamo is a furniture system (table-desk-bookcase) designed
by A. Castiglioni & M. De
Lucchi as a welcoming environment in which to converse or meet in
different situations. Distinctive for..
Castiglioni
is said to ponder a lot on lost space. Empty inches and square meters that
could be filled with beautiful design —but for some reason just never were. Due
to this thinking he did many designs intended specifically for the corners of
t..
Created by the masterful
architect and designer Gianfranco
Frattini (1926-2004), one of the trailblazers of the golden era of
Italian design, the Turner swivel
bookcase first saw the light in 1963 as Modello 823. Inspired by
..
STOWED IN STYLEThe natural refinement of wood, paired with
saddle-hide and wicker, informs the design chest of drawers, part of
the Volage EX-S Night concept by Philippe Starck. A structure in lacquered wood or in canaletto walnut
o..
In
1949 Charles and Ray Eames developed a new system of free-standing,
multifunctional shelves and desks, which - similar to the Eames House built at
the same time - were consistently designed according to the principles of
industrial series prod..