Milano

Chair

Aldo Rossi, 1987

Milano is a small, lightweight chair that is also extremely sturdy. As Aldo Rossi said, “It’s the kind of chair that comes to mind when people think of a chair”. It evokes traditional chair design of days gone by when the backrest and seat were made up of parallel slats, which in this case have been fitted into the fixed sections.

Design Aldo Rossi, 1987

It has been designed and built to ensure the slats are flexible and to eliminate any creaking.

Design

Aldo Rossi

Aldo Rossi (Milan, May 3, 1931 - Milan, September 4, 1997) was one of the greatest Italian architects of the 1980’s. His Molteni Group collaboration marked his passage from masterful architect to an industrial designer. He created models and furnishings for the Museum of Maastricht, the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa and the reconstruction of the Teatro La Fenice in Venice. Aldo Rossi designed items that were destined to become icons of the 20th century.

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"Perhaps it is snobbery but the more I see the world, the more I feel being a citizen of it and the more I want to go back to the old way of things"

Aldo Rossi