Set of Torso Armchairs by Paolo Deganello for Cassina, 1982

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The architect Paolo Deganello recites: "The theme of this project is the dialogue between an inanimate body, industrially produced, and … Read more The architect Paolo Deganello recites: "The theme of this project is the dialogue between an inanimate body, industrially produced, and the animated body of those who sit there, where this, through the movement dominates, folds, until it imposes shape to the body inanimate.
It is not a plastic body but a set of joints of two soft shapes, covered, hot, enveloping, each with possible variations.
More than the single object, the model, a compositional logic is designed, a type of interlocking of two forms equipped with possible formal variations.
Each of these two forms can be differently carved up to give symmetrical and asymmetrical backs, ups and downs, and seats with armrests or without or, again, with a deformation of these until the legs are supporting. " I have official proof of authenticity such as vintage catalogs,
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