Minimalist Outdoor Armchair by Tobia Scarpa for Cassina

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A stylish, minimalist outdoor armchair designed for the younger generation that invites the spontaneity typical of a day to be … Read more A stylish, minimalist outdoor armchair designed for the younger generation that invites the spontaneity typical of a day to be enjoyed outdoors.

in 1967, afra and tobia scarpa crafted a chair that speaks to an active, dynamic generation. The result is a comfortable, innovative design armchair that conveys practicality and comfort at first sight.

simple and yet sophisticated with its elegant system of joints and woven cord supports, carlotta is perfect outdoor seating for casual comfort, thanks to its cushions padded with recycled pet fiber.

materials:
wood
fabric

measurements:
h 69 cm
w 86 cm
d 87 cm

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about the designer:
architect and designer tobia scarpa graduated in 1969 at the university of venice and in the same year won a “compasso d’oro” prize for his “soriana” armchair designed for cassina. He has since been awarded many other design prizes and many of his designs can also be found on show in some of the world’s key museums, including his ‘libertà’ chair on show at the louvre.as an architect he has worked for both public and private clients including the benetton group for whom he famously designed the industrial area and production plants in castrette di villorba (treviso). Even today, the benetton facilities are still held up as an example of aesthetic-functional excellence, one of the world’s most exciting pieces of industrial architecture.

about the manufacturer:
in a continuing dialogue between past, present, and future, cassina has created the i maestri collection, revisiting furnishing designs by the 20th century’s best-known architects, including le corbusier, pierre jeanneret, charlotte perriand, charles rennie mackintosh, gerrit thomas rietveld, franco albini, frank lloyd wright and marco zanuso. While the designs and functional concepts have been precisely preserved, the models have been manufactured using evolved technology. This is also the company that has manufactured iconic pieces of contemporary design from the 1950s to the present day, ideated by some of the most important international designers. Today cassina continues to look to the future of design with audacious, passionate curiosity and an open, holistic approach. It affirms its exclusive ability to furnish a home’s living and dining spaces completely and iconically with the cassina perspective: a concept, a philosophy, an informed, futuristic thought. A detailed, expansive horizon of combinations; when placed together, the products have an innovative soul and the modern icons create authentic, welcoming, personal atmospheres involved in a conversation dominated by a code of design excellence, formal sensitive awareness, solidity and cultural authority.* this piece is attributed to the mentioned designer/maker. It has no attribution mark and no
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