Ouverture
Original and bursting
with personality, the Ouverture sofa was designed by Pierluigi Cerri in the early
1980s. An emblematic prototype of the cutting-edge aesthetic that would
revolutionise interior design, Ouverture evokes industrial and metropolitan
atmospheres. In fact, the protagonist of this system of seats and tables is a
perforated steel beam which forms the structure to which soft goose down
padding is attached. The shell of the Ouverture sofa is made from structural steel coated with
metallic aluminium grey varnish, sitting on a steel beam varnished in the same
way as the rest of the structure. The feet run along the beam and are therefore
flexible in terms of their positioning. The seat springs consist of an elastic
suspension system. The seat, backrest and armrest cushions are padded in goose
down and have a polyurethane foam stabilising insert. The table top is
available in lead-polished black granite, Float glass with matt treatment or
polyester-polished slate. The sofa is upholstered in Pelle Frau® leather or
fabric.
About Designer | |
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Pierluigi Cerri |
Pierluigi
Cerri has graduated at Milan Polytechnic. In 1974 he is promoting partner of
Gregotti Associates. He is member of the Alliance Graphique Internationale, in
1976 he was in charged with the image of Biennale of Venice. He was editor of
the magazines “Casabella” and “Rassegna”. He cured the image of the Kunst-und
Ausstellungshalle of Bonn and he is responsible for the image of Grassi Palace
in Venice. He cured the design of some editorial collections for the most
important Italian publishing houses such as Electa, Einaudi, Bollati
Boringhieri, Fabbri, Bompiani, Skirà. He cooperated with the reviews “Lotus
International”, Abitare, Domus, l’Espresso and he was in charged with the
graphic design collection “Pagina” by Electa. He was curator with Pierluigi
Nicolini of the Italian edition of “ Vers une architecture” by Le Corbusier,
Milan 1974, he cured also “Pubblicità d’autore”, Electa, Milan 1983. He
designed several fittings in the most important museum venues: IDZ in Berlin,
Palazzo della Promotrice delle Belle Arti in Turin, Centre Georges Pompidou in
Paris, Palazzo a Vela in Turin, Design Zentrum in Stockyard and Berlin, Sogetsu
Kaikan in Tokyo, Lingotto in Turin, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo of Madrid,
Brera Academy in Milano, Science Museum of London, Forte del Belvedere in
Florence, Kunst-und Austellungshalle in Bonn, Palazzo Grassi in Venice, Palazzo
Reale in Milan, Nationalgalerie in Berlin, Moderna Museet of Stockholm, Moderna
Art Museum in Paris, la Triennale of Milan. Together with Gregotti &
Associates he won several architecture competitions among which the Cultural
Centre of Bélem in Lisbon, the transformation of Pirelli area in Milanese
Bicocca and the arrangement of the area for the universal exhibition in
Seville. Together with Alessandro Colombo in 1998 he cured the project for the
system of signs for public spaces, for pavilions and for temporary structures
of Lisbon Expo and he has renovated Marino Palace in Milan and planned new
Trussardi stores. He designed the cruise ships “Costa Classica”, “Costa
Romantica” and “Costa Vittoria”, the yacht motor Blue Velvet to which the
International Superyacht Award has been assigned. He cured the corporate
identity of Prada. He elaborated the visual identity for Italia 90, Ferrari
Auto, Lingotto, Pitti Immagine, Unifor, iGuzzini and Fratelli Guzzini, Palazzo
Grassi, Pirelli and Saras. He drew some objects for Unifor B&B Italia,
Poltrona Frau, Fontana Arte, Arflex, Molteni & C., Fusital and he planned
scenic installations for Rai3 and Rai2. He cooperated also with Alenia, FIAT,
Merloni and Grandi Stazioni for whom he planned exhibition systems and
fittings. In 1994 he got the “Award for good industrial design“ for good
industrial design from the Industrie Forum Design Hannover, in 1995 the
“Compasso d’Oro” for graphic image of Unifor. In 1998 Pierluigi Cerri and
Alessandro Colombo give birth to the Studio Cerri & Associates that works
in the fields of architecture, industrial, graphic and interior design, of
naval design and museum fittings. |