423 Cab Lounge
- Description
- Designer Bio
Roomy and inviting, Cab Lounge is a restatement of the Cab chair
concept. Nothing short of a masterpiece of craftsmanship, the Cab Lounge
armchair is perfectly suited to both residential or contract use.
The leather upholstery fits the tubular steel frame like an
exquisitely tailored garment, complementing the curves, in a perfect symbiosis
between the structural and the organic. The eleven leather sections,
hand-stitched and fitted with four zipper closures, undergo fourteen
hand-executed processes before they are complete. Fitted with a reclining
mechanism, the five-spoke base sets off the entire chair, while the
ergonomically correct design renders it extraordinarily comfortable; the care
taken in the details is without equal.
| 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. |
