designed and coordinated by Antonio Citterio

BUILDING IN TIME: A MODERN QUESTION essay by, saggio di Stefano Casciani There is no exact date to establish when the revolution of modern furniture began. We could go to the end of the nineteenth century, to the eccentricities of Art Nouveau or the elegance of Viennese furniture, or a little later perhaps, to the beginning of the use of the metal tube, for some extremists. What is certain is that from an unanticipated moment, around the turn of the century, furniture stopped imitating the past and made the honest members of the bourgeoisie face their responsibilities as inhabitants of modernity....

by Stefano Casciani Building in time: a modern question So nowadays there is a way to produce furniture that alludes to a memory which is still modern; a way with technical origins imbued with past knowledge of the craft, yet which knows how to see the world with a fresh look, devoid of nostalgia. and exceedingly well on the issue of furniture. And even here it is not easy to find coherent solutions. So nowadays, between obsessively imitating the works of the “masters”, which are eventually bound to run out in terms of quantity and quality, and attempting radical innovation, which is more and...

that intense phase, which lasted no more than a decade in Europe, between the 1920s and the 1930s, in which the mechanical nature of the modernist furniture of Le Corbusier / Perriand, Breuer, Mies, is softened by the great art deco designers such as Adnet, Mallet-Stevens, Jean Michel – or Josef – Frank (homonyms, not relatives). If for these designers it is mainly a matter of creating a refined exercise on the domestic interior as a gym for furnishing ideas, for those who, like Citterio, come to the topic after having refined their skills on real industrial products for B&B Italia, it is a special...

solutions for every different client: it is a form of customization that improves the user’s experience even in those contemporary public places that may not always be welcoming (offices, restaurants, airports), and where it is reassuring to find a domestic dimension given by the furnishings. In turn, the quality of production of every individual part, the richness and adaptability of variants and the recovery of precious materials (from leather to marble) would not be enough to create such a remarkable identity in the production of furnishings, no matter how sophisticated. The image of contemporary...

APTA SIMPLICE AC ACRO LUX 13,

Wide-ranging and structured, the Apta collection offers important pieces for any part of the home. Finishes include different kinds of wood, from light natural colours to warmer tones, as well as black. | Ricca e articolata, Apta collection si propone con pezzi importanti per tutti gli ambienti della casa. Ampia la scelta delle essenze dalle tonalita piu chiare a quelle calde, fino al nero.

Incipit - 9601  storage unit, contenitore, élément de rangement, Behälter 

Fine craftsmanship and attention to detail for bookcases and containers, and symmetrically precise accessories.

Biblia - 282L2 2825K 282C2 2825K 282L2  bookcase, libreria, bibliothèque, Bücherregal Simpliciter - 8SMT104_1  armchair, poltrona, fauteuil, Sessel  Elios - SMTT3BS_CN  small table, tavolino, petite table, kleiner Tisch  Leukon - CL4  lamp, lampada, lampe, Leucht

Titanes - 9630  storage unit, contenitore, élément de rangement, Behälter

The top in solid wood slats is the distinctive feature of this table. Omero - 2814  table, tavolo, table, Tisch Pathos - SMP6 SMP12  benches, panche, banquettes, Bänke

Omero - 2912  table, tavolo, table, Tisch Febo - 2804T  chair, sedia, chaise, Stühl

Simposio - 9612B  table, tavolo, table, Tisch  Eunice - 9617  chairs, sedie, chaises, Stühle

Classic and severe shapes with precious, refined details. Contemporary style means modular f lexibility. Solatium - S186L S186LS2 S1263TBD  sofa, divano, canapé, Sofa Pathos - SMTO8L_CL  small table, tavolino, petites table, kleiner Tisch  Leukon - CL2  lamp, lampada, lampe, Leuchte

Solatium - S186L S186LS2 S1263TBD  sofa, divano, canapé, Sofa  Febo - 2835T  ottoman, pouf, pouf, Hocker  Febo - 2836T  small armchair, poltroncina, petit fauteuil, kleiner Sessel Pathos - SMTV14P  small table, tavolino, petite table, kleiner Tisch  Elios - SMTT3S_CL  small table, tavolino, petite table, kleiner Tisch  Leukon - CL2  lamps, lampade, lampes, Leuchten  Suavis - TS4  carpet, tappeto, ta

A simple taut cover externally with a quilted effect internally inspired by the classic Chesterfield sofa. Dives - 9D256_B  sofa, divano, canapé, Sofa

Dives - 9D256  sofa, divano, canapé, Sofa  Amoenus - AC110P  ottoman, pouf, pouf, Hocker  Elios - SMTM3S_CL  small table, tavolino, petite table, kleiner Tisch Cuma - ACTC20  console, consolle, console, Konsole  Leukon - CL2  lamp, lampada, lampe, Leuchte  Suavis - CRP3  carpet, tappeto, tapis,

Dives - D231TD D182TD D106PQC  sofa, divano, canapé, Sofa  Elios - SMTM2S  small table, tavolino, petite table, kleiner Tisch Pathos - SMTV11P  small table, tavolino, petite table, kleiner Tisch Febo - 2835T  ottoman, pouf, pouf, Hocker  Elios - SMTM1S  small table, tavolino, petite table, kleiner Tisch Leukon - CL2  lamp, lampada, lampe, Leuchte  Istos - TS4  carpet, tappeto, tapi

This family of many types of seating with wide, comfortable backs is an echo of a classic typology. Febo - 2803BT  sofa, divano, canapé, Sofa  Loto - SM40P  ottoman, pouf, pouf, Hocker  Suavis - CRP4  carpet, tappeto, tapis, Teppich

Febo - 2800T  armchairs, poltrone, fauteuils, Sessel  Loto - SM40P  ottoman, pouf, pouf, Hocker  Pathos - SMTV11P  small table, tavolino, petite table, kleiner Tisch Febo - 2803BT  sofa, divano, canapé, Sofa  Suavis - CRP4  carpet, tappeto, tapis, Teppich