Zanotta (furniture design)

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The furniture design company Zanotta was founded in 1954 in the northern Italian city ​​of Nova Milanese by Aurelio Zanotta. She was best known for her contributions to design in Italy in the 1950s and 1960s.

Some of the Zanottaprodukte are in museums such as, among others, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City , the Metropolitan Museum , also in New York City, Center Pompidou in Paris , the Design Museum in Helsinki and in the Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein issued .

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Chair of the Sella suite
Clothes rack Sciangai

The company's best-known designs include:

  • Arabesco table , designed in 1949 by Carlo Mollino .
  • Sella seating group 1957 by Achille Castiglioni and his brother Pier Giacomo Castiglioni.
  • Foam armchair Throw-Away 1965 by Willie Landels.
    • New edition in new colors and sizes and with cushions for the 2015 anniversary.
  • Allunaggio chair 1966 by the Castiglioni brothers.
  • Karelia armchair 1966 by Liisi Beckmann .
  • Guscio Hut 1968 by Roberto Menghi .
  • Sacco beanbag 1968 by Piero Gatti, Cesare Paolini and Franco Teodoro.
  • Inflatable PVC armchair Blow 1968 by Jonathan de Pas, Donato D'Urbino, Paolo Lomazzi and Carla Scolari.
  • Table Marcuso 1969 by Marco Zanuso .
  • Clothes rack Sciangai 1973 by De Pas, D'Urbino, Lomazzi.
  • Tonietta seating furniture 1985 by Enzo Mari .
  • Mombasa chest of drawers 1989 by Ettore Sottsass .
  • Chaiselongue Soft 1999 by Werner Aisslinger .
  • Fly 2002 armchair by Marc Robson .
  • Brasilia armchair 2003 by Ross Lovegrove .
  • Speed wall unit by Carlo Colombo.
  • Derby 2010 armchair by Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance .
  • Table Ago 2013 by Alfredo Häberli .

License production

Other designers of the house

Prizes and awards

  • 1968: Compasso d'Oro (Golden Circle) for the Guscio hut by Roberto Menghi.
  • 1970: List of suggestions for the Compasso d'Oro for the Sacco armchair by Gatti-Paolini-Teodoro .
  • 1979: Compasso d'Oro for the Sciangai coat hanger by De Pas-D'Urbino-Lomazzo.
  • 1981: List of suggestions for the Compasso d'Oro for the Allunaggio chair by Achille Castiglioni and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni.
  • 1987: Compasso d'Oro for the Tonietta seating by Enzo Mari.

Web links

Commons : Zanotta  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Salone di Mobile 2015 in FAZ of April 22, 2015, page 7
  2. ↑ Made Easy in Frankfurter Allgemeine Magazin, January 2015, page 41