L50 Cab Night
- Description
- Designer Bio
The bed
designed by Mario Bellini is distinguished by the structure and legs covered in
a warm and precious leather, which is enriched with the saddle stitching
visible in the joints between each part. The slightly tapered and padded
headboard, defined by central stitching, is upholstered in fine leather and
hide, which is treated with a special tanning that makes it particularly soft
and comfortable. The advanced workmanship of thick, full-bodied materials
reveals Cassina’s experienced craftmanship and the exceptional mastery
perfected from the creation of the Cab chair. The different leather parts, cut
using a numerical control machine, are then manually processed to make this
piece a true masterpiece of manufacture. The bed is available in the version with
traditional headboard or fixed to the wall, ideal for contract furnishings.
| About Designer | |
|---|---|
Mario Bellini |
Mario Bellini, born 1935
in Milan, studied architecture at the Milan Polytechnic. He taught at the
Istituto Superiore di Disegno Industriale in Venice from 1962-65 and worked as
a design consultant for Olivetti from 1963-91. He also designed independent
products and furnishings beginning in 1963, establishing the architectural and
design firm Studio Bellini in Milan in 1973. He served as a design consultant
to Renault from 1978-82. In 1987 the New York Museum of Modern Art honoured him
with a retrospective exhibition of his works. He was an instructor at the
Hochschule für Angewandte Kunst in Vienna from 1982-83 and at the Domus Academy
in Milan from 1983-85. Bellini was chief editor of Domus magazine between
1986-91. He assumed a position on the architectural faculty at the University
of Genoa in 1995, and teaches seminars and workshops at universities and
academic institutions around the world. |
