Lady Armchair by Marco Zanuso for Cassina

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Armchair designed by marco zanuso in 1951, relaunched in 2015. Manufactured by cassina in italy. An icon of 1950s italian … more Armchair designed by marco zanuso in 1951, relaunched in 2015. Manufactured by cassina in italy. An icon of 1950s italian design, the armchair-sofa lady stands out for its extraordinarily contemporary construction, a symbol of innovation supreme, in terms of style, materials, and technology. In addition to being the first armchair to incorporate expanded polyurethane and foam rubber, the armchair’s seat showcased a new system of springing, using reinforced elastic straps to ensure premier comfort; meanwhile the slender, slim-line metal legs showcase the design’s lightness of touch. The structure is contained in the seat, the back, and the arms, the outcome being a veritable masterpiece of italian furniture design excellence; so much so that lady was awarded the gold medal at the ix milan triennale, in 1951. 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: an architect, designer and university professor, marco zanuso (1916-2001) was one of the most important interpreters of the modern movement. Trained at the polytechnic university of milan and, in the immediate post-war years, co-editor of the magazine domus with ernesto n. Rogers, he received the gold medal and the grand prize at the milan triennial on various occasions (editions viii, ix, x, xi and xiii), and won five compassi d'oro between 1956 and 1985. Zanuso was one of the first designers in italy to take an interest in the industrialization of the product, going beyond the aesthetic question to incorporate technological, industrial, of distribution and communication. According to zanuso, the shape of an object destined for serial reproduction is an amalgam of possibilities, experimentation and innovation in the concrete process that connects creativity, production and sociocultural context. "through my projects, i want to shape what i call complexity", marco zanuso. About the manufacturer: in a continuing dialogue between past, present, and future, cassina has created the i maestri collection, revisiting furnishing designs by the twentieth 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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