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314 resultsCollection: Gerrit Thomas Rietveld
Brand: Cassina
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The Black Red and Blue (Zeilmaker version) born from Rietveld’s chromatic experimentation. While researching the origins of the Red and Blue model in collaboration with the Rietveld heirs, it emerged that the key idea of the first prototypes was based on the concept of spatial organisation expressed through the monochrome tones of its elements. The first version was in fact produced in 1918 in completely unpainted wood. In the following years Rietveld proposed various examples, either monochrome or painted in different colours, depending on the requirements of his customers and the interiors for which the chairs were intended. As such, it comes as no surprise to find this 1920s version, presented as part of Cassina’s MutAzioni selection, created for the school teacher Wicher Zeilmaker with a black frame with white ends and a dark green painted seat and backrest. It was Rietveld’s ever-increasing involvement in the De Stijl movement that led him to also use primary colours on this model in 1923, and as such the chair became a veritable manifesto for the emerging neoplastic movement. Initially dubbed Slat chair, Rietveld only gave it the name Red and Blue in the 1950s following its chromatic evolution. The various owners of the different examples used the chair as an abstract- realist sculpture in their interiors and, in some cases, as a simple tool for sitting on, adding cushions to make it more comfortable, just like Cassina offers for the Black Red and Blue today.
Collection: Jean Marie Massaud
Brand: Cassina
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In designing Auckland, Jean Marie Massaud undertakes a restatement, in a contemporary key, of the classic lounge chair, which serves to reconfirm the original looks and comfort of this timeless classic. The seat of this swivel chair, available in black or white with optional foot-rest, is characterised by the seat’s shell-shaped structure, left deliberately exposed to evoke the armour worn by Kendo fighters. The shell protects the upholstered parts of the chair and is linked to the four-spoked base by a cantilevered metal support. This unusual arrangement confers a very faint, yet pleasurable, oscillating movement. The chair is complemented by a head-rest adjustable to eight height-options.
Collection: Piero Lissoni
Brand: Cassina
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Piero Lissoni with S. Sook Kim. This system is marked by elegance, comfort and a wide range of combinations allowing for great flexibility. Its geometric and formal design reveals surprising warmth in its ease of use and perfect functionality, thanks to the many possible versions: from the traditional sofa, to corner arrangements for pleasant and private conversations among friends, to the chaise longue for moments of relaxation. Simple, clean and inviting volumes convey the ease with which they can co- exist with those who use them.
Collection: Vico Magistretti
Brand: Cassina
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Maralunga is an emblematic armchair of the iContemporanei collection by Cassina, the work of architect and industrial designer Vico Magistretti. Winner of the Compasso d’Oro in 1979, Maralunga is the embodiment of the very idea of comfort, with an adjustable headrest for a high or low backrest version obtained by inserting a simple bicycle chain inside the foam of the backrest. The model comes as an armchair, two- or three-seater sofas in diff erent widths, and pouf. To mark its 40th anniversary, Cassina presents a new interpretation with fabric or leather upholstery and distinctive profi le stitching, to make it even more modern and contemporary, also available with removable cover.
Collection: Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Charlotte Perriand
Brand: Cassina
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A lightweight, compact chair, designed in 1928 and introduced in 1929 at the Salon d’Automne [Autumn Salon], along with other extraordinary pieces, such as the Fauteuil Grand Confort, petit modèle and grand modèle, the Table Tube d’Avion table and the Chaise Longue à reglage continu. Like the other pieces in the collection, the Fauteuil à dossier basculant armchair is the result of in-depth study of human posture and, in this case, is specifically engineered to provide perfect support for easy-going relaxation that is conducive to conversation. Its elegant simplicity of design allows the armchair to fit easily in various settings. It is also available in the 1928 Villa Church version and the 1930 version crafted for the French Union of Modern Artists exhibition.
Collection: Bodil Kjaer
Brand: Cassina
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From the post-war period, Bodil Kjær opened up her home to a fresh new camaraderie encouraged by versatile furniture that translated the new domestic routines and a renewed need for comfort into tangible designs. Internationally known Danish architect, Bodil Kjær starts with a concept that acknowledges the user’s active contribution and their actual needs. This approach led, in 1955, to the High Back Chair, an armchair designed for pure comfort that encourages relaxing in front of the color TV (invented around that time) but, in the version with armrests, is also ideal for reading. Bodil Kjær placed a special focus on ergonomics: with a padded seat and angled lines that invite unexpected relaxation, the armchair took inspiration from Swedish research of the day on comfort in a world in rapid, ongoing transformation. Padding is in polyurethane foam and recycled PET fiber recovered from Plastic Bank®.
Collection: Philippe Starck
Brand: Cassina
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Volage EX-S Night is the armchair designed by Philippe Starck for the concept that transforms the bedroom into an island of wellbeing waiting to be explored, enhanced by the furnishings of a suite. The armchair seat and backrest are padded with recycled PET fiber, or with a feather-filled cushion; both options ensure total comfort.
Collection: Patrick Norguet
Brand: Cassina
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A lounge chair of timeless beauty that, as the designer explains, respects classic traditions, but with a contemporary twist. Cassina’s signature structure: a metal frame set within a polyurethane-injected foam shell, turns the padding into a major player, conjuring an inviting and extremely comfortable mood. The aluminium or solid wood base, and all-wood joints, are an expression of the quality and refinement of Cassina carpentry, while the wide array of finishes complete the picture in fine style. Available with or without the “wing” head-rest, this chair is supplied in a wide array of upholstery options, with zippers to make them removable.
Collection: Philippe Starck
Brand: Cassina
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Complex and formal in its design, the Privé collection perfectly combines style and transgression, merging to create an appealing mix of classicism, provocation and playfulness. The collection is made up of diff erent models - different sized armchairs, sofas and islands - and uses upholstery exclusively in capitonné leather, for which Cassina has developed a new technique for attaching the characteristic leather buttons. This internationally patented system provides quality and durability. Privé is suitable for simple interiors, though it can easily blend into contemporary and informal settings.