722 Woodline
An armchair with a striking, rigorous design, the outcome of
research by Marco Zanuso on how to anchor a seat on a wood frame. Zanuso
started work on this chair with his entry in an international design
competition organised by the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1949. He
returned to it in 1964, harnessing Arflex’s advanced technology.
The wood frame is based on the geometry of the circle, which
provides the chair's elegant formal aesthetic. Available in an iconic edition
with a clear-varnished walnut frame, with the back panel in beige saddle
leather, and the cushions in tobacco coloured leather.
About Designer | |
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Marco Zanuso |
Architect, designer and
university lecturer, Marco Zanuso (1916-2001) was one of the leading
interpreters of the Modern Movement. Trained at the Polytechnic University of
Milan and, in the immediate post-war years, co-editor of the Domus magazine
with Ernesto N. Rogers, he was awarded the Medaglia d'oro and the Gran Premio
at the Milan Triennale on a number of occasions (VIII, IX, X, XI and XIII
editions), and won five Compassi d’Oro between 1956 and 1985.Zanuso was one of
the first designers in Italy to take an interest in the problems of product
industrialisation, going beyond aesthetic issues to incorporate technological,
industrial, distribution and communication variables.According to Zanuso, the
form of an object destined for serial reproduction is an amalgam of
opportunities, experimentation and innovation in the concrete process that
connects creativity, production and the social and cultural context.“Through my
projects I want to give form to what I call complexity”, Marco Zanuso. |