Carlo MollinoTorino
This is another post from those wonderfulItalian design booksthat everyone just calls "Esempi".The full title of these two volumes on seating are:"Esempi Di Arredamento Moderno Di Tutto Il MondoSedie Poltrone Divani"I pulled some of my weirder and more unusualfavorites from both volume one and two.I was just going to go with "sexy chairs",but then it would have just been a Carlo Mollino post,which would have been fine since every post should / could be about Carlo....He's a fucking genius....Institute of DesignChicagoNot sure why I like this one so much.Probably because of the Chicago connection.Giorgio RamponiBolognaWeird and cool. Tripod based chairs always get me.Mario Cristiano & Eugenio GerliMilanoHum... this reminds me of this post....Giorgio Wenter MariniVeneziaGreat forms and then you add the crazy carving.Could have been a bad move, but it works here.Paolo A. ChessaMilanoPlease, so killer for so many reasons....Gian CaseMilanoCrazy Caterpillar lounge!Marco ZanusoMilanoGiddy up!Luisa and Ico ParisiComoSiamese Twins Franco AlbiniMilanoJailbreak chair.Jean RoyereParisAnother caterpillar chair....Giuseppe PizzigoniBergamoThis isn't a stool, it's a sculpture!Richard FilipowskiChicagoCool. I've heard of this guys before somewhere....Here he is....Carlo MollinoTorinoAnother tripod, another great chair....Carlo MollinoTorinoSemi-tripod.Reminds me of those stupid looking motorcycle thingsI am starting to see in the City....Carlo Di CarliMilanoI would have guessed early Sottsass.Ernest RaceLondonInteresting. Not a huge ER fan, but you gotta like this.Clive LatimerLondonWeird and cool and not at all British looking, whatever that means...Luisa and Ico ParisiComoWire, when done right can make a hell of a chair.Gio PontiPadovaGio Ponti was a fuckin' genius too.I should post more on him....
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