9780714845326: The Furniture of Carlo Mollino
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He also curated 'Italian Design 1951-73' in 1984 in Munich and has published several books on the work of Mollino, the furniture of Gabetti \u0026amp; Isola, the ceramics of Ettore Sottsass and radical Italian lighting design of the late 1960s, among others.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNapoleone Ferrari co-founded Museo Casa Mollino in Turin. He is co-author of two books on Mollino's photography, and of \u003ci\u003eLuce\u003c/i\u003e, on Italian lighting design of the late 1960s. \u003c/p\u003e","webDescription":"","webKeywords":"","webLongDescription":"\u003cp\u003eCarlo Mollino (1905-73), the son of a prominent engineer of the city of Turin, graduated with honours from Turin's Royal School of Architecture. He joined his father's firm in 1931, only to pursue an independent and highly original career in design and architecture seven years later. \u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the start, both his interests and personality set him apart from his contemporaries. Influenced by the Second Futurism and surrealist avant-gardes, he was active in an impressive number of fields, including aeronautics, automobile design, art, photography, set design, town planning, furniture, interior decoration and architecture. \u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHighlights from his architectural output include the headquarters of the Società Ippica Torinese (1935-9), the Faculty of Architecture where he lectured from 1952 to 1970, and the Teatro Regio Torinese (1966), all in Turin. Mollino was able to bring together various forms of expression through his extensive artistic research. His furniture was based on organic shapes, such as tree branches, animal horns and the human body, the female profile figuring prominently in his design work. These pieces evolved from the appreciation of the shapes of Art Nouveau and the architect Antoni Gaudí, and were far more expressive and sculptural than the ones being produced in Milan at the same time. \u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost of his furniture designs were site-specific one-offs for specifically commissioned interiors and were manufactured by the Apelli \u0026 Varesio joinery in Turin. This has meant that these pieces are very rarely available on the market and highly valued by furniture collectors. Beyond the sculptural aesthetics of his furniture, his designs involved thorough research into materials and technology. He developed a complex construction technique whereby the structure seemed liberated by the weight of the material, as clearly seen in the glass and bentwood Arabesque table (1949), still in production by Zanotta. \u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis famous interiors were richly decorated with fabric, used not only as upholstery but also as a spatial device. He aimed at creating architecture and interiors that could be manipulated by the user, as with the innovative lighting system for the Miller House (1937), which was mounted on a curving track and could be moved along the ceiling. \u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book presents for the first time ever Mollino's complete furniture and interior design. Including drawings and archival photographs, it represents the most comprehensive record today of this part of Mollino's production. Realized in collaboration with the Museo Casa Mollino and written by the museum's curators Napoleone Ferrari and Fulvio Ferrari, this extensive and original monograph emphasizes the contemporary significance of Mollino's groundbreaking oeuvre. \u003c/p\u003e","webReviews":"\u003cp\u003e\u0026quot;Sensual and surreal, the work of Carlo Mollino finally gets the book it deserves... Find page after gorgeous page of furniture... The best book about the best architect to design furniture written by the two people in the world who really know about him.\u0026quot;\u0026#8212;\u003cem\u003eNigel Coates, Spoon\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026quot;Beautifully produced... With erudite essays by authors, [...], this gorgeous book is a must for every designer\u0026#8217;s library.\u0026quot;\u0026#8212;\u003cem\u003eEmma Dent Coad, Building Design\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026quot;[Mollino] got to photograph a lot of beautiful women, write a really good guidebook about downhill skiing, crash aeroplanes and race at Le Mans. Leonardo and Michelangelo, for all their sublime talents, never left such legacy.\u0026quot;\u0026#8212;\u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026quot;For admirers of Italian design [...] an invaluable purchase... Luxurious.\u0026quot;\u0026#8212;\u003cem\u003eBlueprint\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026quot;Where some designers strive for simplicity, [Mollino] delighted in complexity: a multi-layered character himself, his furniture is as convoluted and contorted as his view of life.\u0026quot;\u0026#8212;\u003cem\u003eCrafts\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026quot;If you call yourself a designer of furniture, you might be just that; on the other hand you might, like Carlo Mollino, be a 'mechanic, book-keeper, lawyer, boor, model of good manners, swallower of bitter pills, charmeur, dancing partner of elderly ladies and snake charmer' during those moments when you are not immersed in bouts of poetic creativity.\u0026quot;\u0026#8212;\u003cem\u003eTimothy Brittain-Catlin, World of Interiors\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","webShortDescription":"The only monograph on the furniture and interior design of Carlo Mollino."}