Poltrona per la stazione marittima Andrea Doria

Autorità Portuale di Genova 1998 Genova - donazione

Vietti, Luigi

GG1998.1

Unità di misura: cm; Altezza: 72; Larghezza: 60; Profondità: 66

legno di noce lamellare curvato

Quinta Esposizione internazionale delle arti decorative e industriali moderne - Milano, Palazzo dell’Arte - 6 maggio 1933

Vietti presented his armchair model already used in the furnishings of the Andrea Doria maritime station in Genoa, which had been operational for a few months but was officially inaugurated on 28 October 1933. Made of curved laminated plywood, the chair shows remarkable similarities with the famous cantilever seats in birch and plywood that the Finnish architect Alvar Aalto had designed starting in 1929 and exhibited in the Finnish section at the following Triennale. The simple and functional form and the choice of material made the armchair design perfect for industrial mass production. This attention to the new production processes also characterised Vietti's overall proposal, as Daneri did not fail to emphasise: ‘The furniture is interesting for the presence of numerous pieces of furniture that can be dismantled and stacked, to be arranged according to the needs and wishes of the occupant; the cupboards are all of a single type for standardised production and can be both placed side by side and on top of each other".