Osvaldo Borsani

OSVALDO BORSANI (Varedo 1911- Milan 1985) for Tecno.
Table and 6 chairs. Model "Modus". Italy, ca. 1970.
Manufacturer: Centro Progetti Tecno.
Wood, plastic and steel.
With Tecno logo.
Measurements: 71 x 159 x 159 cm.

Triangular table with slightly combos profiles and six integrated swivel chairs made with the desire to be adaptable and versatile for various uses (school and university refectories, offices and libraries). They combine wood, red plastic and steel.

Trained from a very young age in the family furniture company, Osvaldo Borsani participated in the V Milan Triennale in 1933, with the "Minimal House" project, which was awarded the silver medal. After graduating from the Milan Polytechnic, he met and collaborated with important artists such as Lucio Fontana, Agenore Fabbri, Aligi Sassu, Roberto Crippa, Fausto Melotti, and Arnaldo Pomodoro. In 1953, together with his brother Fulgencio, he founded Tecno, a project to which he would dedicate his entire life. His first industrial design works were the P40 variable-tilt armchair (1953) and the D70 sofa with invertible seat. In 1968 he created the Graphis office system (together with Eugenio Gerli, which was distributed worldwide in a million copies), thanks to which Tecno became an internationally renowned manufacturer of office design products.
At the end of the sixties, Osvaldo Borsani created the Tecno Project Center with Marco Fantoni and Valeria Borsani.