Architect and designer Mario Bellini was born in 1935 and still alive today and represents the pinnacle of Italian design. He shows a deep ‘respect for the materials and classical forms of traditional European and Italian culture’ in his design. Bellini also seeks inspirations from animals; ‘the zoomorphic or anthropomorphic approach is a means of domesticating the machine monster,’ is his explanation for the mechanical pets he created. The stardust collection he created where he made furniture from a strong white fabric, enforced with a metal mesh placed inside along with LEDs and then inflated with air was inspired by the 'air ravioli' concept that he obtained from the packaging sector.
(Mario Bellini, ‘MB1 and MB5’, 2005) is the First chair, its made completely of plastic.
ReplyDelete(Mario Bellini, ‘Stardust’, 2007) is the white soft furniture pieces and the glowing ones, LEDs are simply turned off in the first one.
(Mario Bellini, ‘Vitra Miniature Teneride Chair’, 1970) is the chrysalis looking chair.
(Mario Bellini, ‘Bull Chair’, 1977) Is the black chair, its actually a metal frame covered with leather.
(Mario Bellini, ‘Le Bambole Collection’, 1972) is the red couch.
The posting system was giving me a lot of crap when I pasted the names under these images.
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