Nordic inspiration
Gaudi table, design Ferruccio Laviani
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Ferruccio Laviani, one of the most important designers of our time, was born in Cremona in 1960 and graduated in architecture at the Polytechnic of Milan in 1986.
He began his professional career in the studio of Michele de Lucchi (Ferrara, 1951) Italian designer and internationally known architect who worked for Olivetti and many other brands. Laviani has collaborated in recent years with well-known companies such as Abet Laminati, Dolce & Gabbana, Mandarina Duck, Olivetti, Pelikan, Polaroid and Swatch. In 1991 he opened his own design office and began collaborating with leading companies in the furniture industry like Kartel, Emmemobili, Arketipo, Poltrona Frau, MisuraEmme, Dada, Moroso, among others.
Recently he created for MisuraEmme a design icon that will probably make history, a sober solid wood table that evokes the memory of Catalan architect Antonio Gaudi.
The history of this table begins with the use of solid wood that evokes the rigor of Nordic furniture. "The inspiration references are clear: a chair created by Scandinavian designer Hans Wegner Wishbone an extraordinary piece, which currently has been subject of numerous reinterpretations that has as its starting point the traditional Chinese chair."
The association to Gaudi is visible in the essential design, lightweight and technological. The structure made entirely of solid wood aims to reinforce the DNA of MisuraEmme, a company that maintains manual production with an above average quality. As for the name, the choice of Gaudí recalls the historical period in which it is questioned the continuity of the models of the past, facing the rapid industrial expansion and the figure of the architect / artist is confronted with sudden changes in production systems. In this period, there was a debate between opposite views, of those defending the autonomy of the handmade product, true to the stylistic codes of the past and those who, on the contrary, advocated technological product on the triumphant idea of progress. The "Baroque" taste and fondness for extremely plastic forms with the artisan tradition are well known features of Laviani.
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Text and images: Nuno Ladeiro
