Mario Bellini Chair

He is the winner among others of 8 compasso d oro and prestigious architecture awards including the medaglia d oro conferred on him by the president of the italian republic.
Mario bellini chair. One of mario bellini s most show stopping designs the bellini cab chair was dreamed up by bellini in 1977. Stamp and sticker on the bottom. Mario bellini cab leather dining chairs for cassina 1977 set of 12. Ypsilon office chair by mario bellini for vitra 2001 images courtesy of mario bellini architects.
Mario bellini is an architect and designer internationally renowned. Mario bellini born february 1 1935 milan is an italian architect and designer he graduated from the milan polytechnic faculty of architecture in 1959 and began working as an architect himself in the early 1960s. Pair of black leather mario bellini b b chairs. More on mario bellini.
He has designed countless art design and architecture exhibitions over the years both in. Thus mario bellini describes cab a best seller that he designed in the 1970s which is now a signature piece in cassina s i contemporanei collection. Category late 20th century italian mario bellini chairs. Bellini envisioned the chair as an extension for the human body with a skeleton frame composed of tubular steel and a seat comprised of stitched leather secured to the frame with zips.
He was editor of domus magazine 1985 1991. He received the golden compass award eight times and 25 of his works are in the permanent design collection of the new york moma which dedicated to him a personal retrospective in 1987. By mutual agreement mario bellini and b b italia have decided to keep the cm 90x90 seat module together with the backrest and the armrest faithful to the original project whose original cutting pattern was used for the new edition. He was editor of domus magazine 1985 1991.
Set 413 cab chairs designed by mario bellini and manufactured by cassina 1977. Mario bellini is an architect and designer internationally renowned. World renowned architect and designer mario bellini has been an influential figure in italian design since the 1960s. He became one of the leading exponents of italian design in the 1970s.
His prolific body of work spans architecture urban planning and furniture and industrial design. In its reissue camaleonda preserves the elements that have made it a contemporary classic. Mario bellini mario bellini is an architect industrial designer teacher spokesman curator and editor. The upholstery consists of sixteen pieces of saddle leather.
Cab was the first ever chair to feature a free standing leather structure inspired by how our skin fits over our skeleton. Two mario bellini b b chairs with tufted black leather.