Marco Zanuso

MARCO ZANUSO (Milan, 1916 - 2001) for Poggi.
Chair "SD 57", Italy, 1973.
Ash wood and lightly padded black leather.
Measurements: 90 × 39 × 56 cm; 45 cm (seat height).

"SD 57" is a refined example of Marco Zanuso's ability to transform structure into gesture. The design is articulated from two wooden slats with a continuous stroke: the first forms, in a single piece, the backrest and the front support; the second, located at the back, intersects with the previous one in the form of a scissor, generating a light and balanced silhouette. Both elements are flat, wide and clean-lined, accentuating the constructive clarity of the whole.

The backrest, gently rounded at the top, adds comfort and a note of understated elegance. The seat, upholstered in black leather with light padding, completes a piece in which formal simplicity and sophistication coexist naturally, faithful to the innovative spirit of Zanuso and the precision craftsmanship of Poggi.

Italian architect and designer Marco Zanuso is the author of the Olivetti complexes in São Paulo and Buenos Aires, in which he used triangular spherical modules covered by a concrete shell. As a designer, he has created furniture such as the 1964 Fourline armchair, a series of children's furniture in plastic and lacquered wood, the Locarno and Mastro tables, as well as radio and television sets and a wide variety of industrial products. A professor at the Polytechnic School of Milan, in 1966 he was appointed president of the Industrial Design Association. In 1994 he received the San Carlo Borromeo Award for his entire career.