Un Nido in giardino

 

Nido is the protagonist of today for the series of posts dedicated to outdoor design. Designed by Patricia Urquiola and Eliana Gerotto for Paola Lenti, Nido is a chair with a light and elegant design. Its unusual name, nest, fully reflects its forms, characterized by soft and enveloping curves that combine in perfect harmony handmade braided rope and a steel structure.
Available in different colors and can be combined with tone on tone or contrasting cushions for a glamorous and fun effect.
In which nest would you like to have rest?

Nido è il protagonista di oggi per la serie di post dedicati al design outdoor. Disegnata da Patricia Urquiola e Eliana Gerotto per Paola Lenti, Nido é una poltrona dal design leggero ed elegante. 

Chewing-gum or seat?

Hello design lovers! Here you can feel spring in the air, the days become longer and we would like to remain more outdoor.
Why not think then of furnishing our terrace or garden with a design element?
The first piece of furniture of the outdoor season for Mad about Design is Gumball, a seat of the designer Alberto Brogliato for Plust Collection.
Gumball is a seat ergonomically shaped and enveloping, reminiscent of a chewing-gum.
Suitable for indoor and outdoor both private and public, Gumball is a very original element that will be the protagonist of many moments of leisure.
Available in three variants: white or fuchsia lacquered rigid material, white or fuchsia soft resin or only in white including interior lighting.
  The variant with lighting can create a cozy and elegant atmosphere thanks to its soft light.

Buongiorno design lovers! Qui si respira la primavera nell'aria, le giornate si allugano e abbiamo più voglia di stare all'aperto. Perchè non pensare quindi di arredare il nostro terrazzo o giardino con un elemento di design? Il primo elemento d'arredo outdoor della stagione che Mad about Design vi propone è Gumball del designer Alberto  Brogliato per Plust Collection.

Happy birthday Coconut Chair!

 

Hi my dear design lovers! Today post is a tribute to Coconut Chair created by the designer George Nelson for Vitra in the year 1955, which this year celebrate 60 years old.

 The designer George Nelson compared the armchair with a coconut cut into eight parts, though he reversed the colours: the outer shell of the Coconut Chair is white, while the one-piece cushion is covered with high-quality leather or fabric in a variety of colours.

Coconut Chair has a simple and ironic shape, typical of 50es design and its spacious shape creates an inviting and comfortable armchair that wrap the sitter.

Below, some pics I chose for celebrate this piece of design history!

Buongiorno design lovers! Il post di oggi è un omaggio a Coconut Chair, la seduta del designer George Nelson creata per Vitra nel 1955 che quest'anno compie 60 anni.

Contemporary and baroque

Baroque and contemporary design together for the romantic Proust armchair designed by Alessandro Mendini for Magis. Proust is based on the original design of the Proust Chair, the most famous creation ever designed by Mendini in 1978. About thirty years ago, the Italian designer had reinterpreted in a chair in the French Baroque style of the eighteenth century painting  wood and upholstery, and adapting the shape and decoration in the style of the current year. Today the Proust Chair is again revised in accordance with the contemporary fashion, wood and upholstery disappear to give way to the polyethylene in bright colors. Even its target changes, in fact, a chair designed to be a work of art produced in a few pieces at the end of the 70s, now becomes a chair dedicated to everyone thanks to Magis. 

What do you think of this original piece furniture with a rich history of design? 

See you soon my dear design lovers!