Center Table by Gae Aulenti for Knoll International, 1965

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Jumbo coffee table, designed by Gae Aulenti and produced by American manufacturer Knoll International in 1965. Gaetana "Gae" Aulenti (December … Read more Jumbo coffee table, designed by Gae Aulenti and produced by American manufacturer Knoll International in 1965. Gaetana "Gae" Aulenti (December 4, 1927 – October 31, 2012) was an Italian architect and designer active in furniture design, graphics, set design, lighting, exhibition design and interior architecture. She was known for her contributions to the design of major museums such as the Musée d'Orsay in Paris (in collaboration with ACT Architecture), the Center Pompidou Gallery of Contemporary Art in Paris, the restoration of the Palazzo Grassi in Venice, and the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco (in collaboration with HOK Architects). Gaines is one of the few women architects and designers who came to prominence of their own during Italy's postwar period, where Italian designers sought to make meaningful connections to production principles and influence culture far beyond Italy. This avant-garde design movement gave rise to a completely new type of architecture and design, full of imaginary utopias that left standardization a thing of the past. Aulenti's involvement in the Milanese design scene of the 1950s and 1960s made her an architect respected for her analytical skills in navigating metropolitan complexity, regardless of the medium. His conceptual evolution can be followed in the design magazine Casabella, to which he regularly collaborates. His contemporaries were Cini Boeri, Vittorio Gregotti, Franca Helg, Giancarlo de Carlo, Aldo Rossi and Lella Vignelli. This piece has an attribution mark,
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