Delfi
- Description
- Designer Bio
Delfi forms part of the Ultrarazionale
collection, which was launched in 1968, and is composed of sculptural pieces
designed by Carlo Scarpa, typified by his signature attention to detail and
choice of materials. This table is a re-design of a Rationalist model created
by Marcel Breuer in the 1930s for Dino Gavina’s residence in Bologna. At the
end of the 1960s, Scarpa began to re-examine the original concept, effecting
some variations, in agreement with the designer. In 2009, Tobia Scarpa, Carlo
Scarpa’s son, suggested yet another variation: this time, a glass table-top so
as to highlight the elegant brass supports and the fluting on the marble bases,
the better to see the formal elegance of the piece.
| About Designer | |
|---|---|
Marcel Breuer |
Pécs/New York, 1902/1981
This German designer and architect who was originally
from Hungary, enrolled at the Bauhaus School when he was just 18. Four years
later he had become one of its main teachers. In charge of its furniture
section, Breuer encouraged students to look at how furniture and furnishing
could be industrially manufactured, tackling the relative technological and
stylistic problems with a through and methodological approach. Meeting with
Marcel Breuer was one of the most important moments in Gavina's life. |
