DADA Objet Trouve S.L. - Contemporary
Barcelona, ES
Details
- Dimensions
- 20.47ʺW × 19.29ʺD × 32.28ʺH
- Styles
- Contemporary
- Designer
- Mario Bellini
- Country of Origin
- Italy
- Item Type
- Made to Order
- Estimated Lead Time: 4 months
- Materials
- Plastic
- Color
- Black
- Description
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Mario bellini cab 412 chair for cassina “a new kind of chair, made entirely of saddle-hide, often cloned today.” this …
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Mario bellini cab 412 chair for cassina “a new kind of chair, made entirely of saddle-hide, often cloned today.” this is how mario bellini describes the best-selling cab chair, developed in the golden age of italian design and today an iconic piece in the i contemporanei collection. Cab is the first saddle-hide chair with a free-standing structure, inspired by the relationship between the skeleton and the skin. The individual pieces of saddle-hide are stitched together and the upholstery is then molded to a steel skeleton and closed with zippers, like a custom-tailored suit. A modern, versatile, iconic piece, cab furnishes the most prestigious hotels and luxury restaurants, executive board rooms and congress centers with a varied product line in a palette of colors. Structure tubular steel frame, painted black. Seat shell in black plastic. Padding flexible cold processed polyurethane foam. “a new kind of chair, made entirely of saddle leather, often cloned today.” this is how mario bellini describes the best-selling cab chair, developed in the golden age of italian design and today an iconic piece in the i contemporanei collection. Cab is the world’s first free-standing saddle-hide chair, inspired by the relationship between the skeleton and the skin. Its upholstery is made up of 21 parts in saddle leather that are individually die-cut and then undergo 22 processes by hand. Only after a lengthy shaving procedure to thin the parts to be joined, are the cut parts stitched together. The upholstery is then hand-molded to the steel skeleton and closed with zippers, like a custom-tailored garment. Modern, versatile, iconic, cab furnishes the most prestigious hotels and luxury restaurants, executive board rooms and congress centers with a varied product line in a palette of colors. Important information regarding images of products: please note that some of the images show other colors and variations of the model, these images are only to present interior design proposals. The item that is selling is on the first image. Important information regarding color(s) of products: actual colors may vary. This is due to the fact that every computer monitor, laptop, tablet and phone screen has a different capability to display colors and that everyone sees these colors differently. We try to edit our photos to show all of our products as life-like as possible, but please understand the actual color may vary slightly from your monitor about the designer: mario bellini is an architect and designer internationally renowned. He received the golden compass award eight times and 25 of his works are in the permanent design collection of the new york moma, which dedicated to him a personal retrospective in 1987. He was editor of domus magazine (1985-1991). He has designed countless art, design and architecture exhibitions over the years, both in italy and abroad: among the latest those at palazzo reale with giotto's masterpieces (2016) and - at the milanese museo del '900 - the one dedicated to margherita sarfatti (2018-2019). In 2015 the milan triennale awarded him the gold medal for his career in architecture and in 2017 dedicated a retrospective exhibition to him. The same exhibition that will be organized again in moscow in march 2019. Since 1991 he is royal honorary designer of rdi. Since the 1980’s mario bellini, dedicating himself almost entirely to architecture, has designed numerous kinds of buildings including the portello trade fair district in milan, the villa erba exhibition and convention centre in cernobbio (como), the tokyo design centre in japan, the natuzzi america headquarters in the united states, the national gallery of victoria in melbourne, the deutsche bank headquarters in frankfurt, the city history museum of bologna, the department of islamic art at the louvre in paris, the new milan convention centre - the largest in europe - and in rome-fiumicino the new international airterminal t3 has been completed, while the new headquarters generali group in trieste has just been inaugurated. Projects currently underway are the new polytechnic school of genoa (2006-2020), a vast hotel and residential development on virgin gorda island in the british virgin island (2018-2020). He has various projects at the design stage, among which, the "bin-county project", a new city for entertainment, sport and culture in the harbin area in china (2018-2023), the new headquarters of rai in milan “italian radio and television broadcasting studios and offices”, and a large residential cultural and sports complex “oasis” in the gulf area. About the manufacturer: established in 1927 by cesare and umberto cassina in meda, italy, cassina launched industrial design in italy in the 1950s, based on a totally innovative approach that marked the transition from artisan production to mass production. With a mindset focused on research and innovation, cassina combines technology and long-standing artisan craftsmanship. Memory, research, innovation. Cassina blends traditional skills and superior productivity, meticulous attention to detail and passion, uniqueness and experimentation, wellbeing and sustainability. Today, the company continues to address new lifestyles with the creation of complete, harmonious interior decor solutions that embody the best contemporary design for all areas of the home. This piece is attributed to the mentioned designer/maker. It has no attribution mark and no
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