Description
This iconic ORIGINAL by Poltronova will always retain its value, being passed on to the next generation.
The Canton Bench was designed in 1988 by Milanese architect and designer Franco Raggi, known the world over for his work in the permanent collections of the world's most prestigious institutions. Now a design classic, this Wood bench was conceived for use in entrance halls. It featur ...
The Canton Bench was designed in 1988 by Milanese architect and designer Franco Raggi, known the world over for his work in the permanent collections of the world's most prestigious institutions. Now a design classic, this Wood bench was conceived for use in entrance halls. It featur ...
This iconic ORIGINAL by Poltronova will always retain its value, being passed on to the next generation.
The Canton Bench was designed in 1988 by Milanese architect and designer Franco Raggi, known the world over for his work in the permanent collections of the world's most prestigious institutions. Now a design classic, this Wood bench was conceived for use in entrance halls. It features two open-sided Compartments for magazines, books and telephone directories, still in use at the time.
Franco Raggi: ''Canton was born from a graphic exercise: a black line which, in its continuous course, creates two squares linked by a horizontal line. As I slid this line into the third dimension, I realized that the resulting solid could be a bench - not a comfortable seat, but a seat for temporary use, where ergonomics could be sacrificed in favor of an abstract, almost neoplastic image. Books and objects could be stored in squares transformed into open compartments.''
In 2023, Centro Studi Poltronova, in collaboration with architect Franco Raggi, created a colorful new version of Canton, in vibrant combinations of hues.
The Canton Bench is made in Italy.
Considered Italy's most avant-garde designer of the 20th century, Poltronova was born in 1957 from the meeting between Sergio Cammilli and Ettore Sottssas, who became its artistic director. A figurehead of anti-design and radical design, Poltronova helped change the history of design with its experimental, non-conformist approach. Freeing itself from commercial constraints, POLTRONOVA was the receptacle of radical trends, giving a voice to those who challenged the system and wished to express their creativity freely. Backed by the greatest talents of the time (Gae Aulenti, Archizoom, Superstudio, De Pas D'Urbino & Lomazzi, Paolo Portoghesi, Angelo Mangiarotti...), they imagined collections that were joyful and colorful, and above all extremely non-conformist. With no standards (except those they invent), Poltronova has chosen to flout the laws of marketing in order to offer visionary, experimental designs that are now part of museum collections the world over. Poltronova embodies a spirit of freedom, a value that is more essential than ever.
The Canton Bench was designed in 1988 by Milanese architect and designer Franco Raggi, known the world over for his work in the permanent collections of the world's most prestigious institutions. Now a design classic, this Wood bench was conceived for use in entrance halls. It features two open-sided Compartments for magazines, books and telephone directories, still in use at the time.
Franco Raggi: ''Canton was born from a graphic exercise: a black line which, in its continuous course, creates two squares linked by a horizontal line. As I slid this line into the third dimension, I realized that the resulting solid could be a bench - not a comfortable seat, but a seat for temporary use, where ergonomics could be sacrificed in favor of an abstract, almost neoplastic image. Books and objects could be stored in squares transformed into open compartments.''
In 2023, Centro Studi Poltronova, in collaboration with architect Franco Raggi, created a colorful new version of Canton, in vibrant combinations of hues.
The Canton Bench is made in Italy.
Considered Italy's most avant-garde designer of the 20th century, Poltronova was born in 1957 from the meeting between Sergio Cammilli and Ettore Sottssas, who became its artistic director. A figurehead of anti-design and radical design, Poltronova helped change the history of design with its experimental, non-conformist approach. Freeing itself from commercial constraints, POLTRONOVA was the receptacle of radical trends, giving a voice to those who challenged the system and wished to express their creativity freely. Backed by the greatest talents of the time (Gae Aulenti, Archizoom, Superstudio, De Pas D'Urbino & Lomazzi, Paolo Portoghesi, Angelo Mangiarotti...), they imagined collections that were joyful and colorful, and above all extremely non-conformist. With no standards (except those they invent), Poltronova has chosen to flout the laws of marketing in order to offer visionary, experimental designs that are now part of museum collections the world over. Poltronova embodies a spirit of freedom, a value that is more essential than ever.
In detail:
Variation : Red & green
Brand : POLTRONOVA
Designer : Franco Raggi
Type : Bench
Colour : Green - Red
Material : Veneered wood in Ashwood, water-based paint
- Dimensions : W 170 x D 45 cm x H 75 cm
- Weight : 101.2 lb
- Characteristics : Design icon - Model designed in 1988 by Franco Raggi (colored version introduced in 2020) - Original piece signed Poltronova (will always retain its value) - Made in Italy.
- Country of Manufacture : Italy
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