Another White Cactus, Coat Stand
By Drocco/Mello
US$ 6,235
Overview
Material: Other
Dimensions: 170cm (H) x 70cm (W) x 70cm (D) / 66.9" (H) x 27.6" (W) x 27.6" (D)
Production Lead Time: 11-13 weeks
Note: Actual colours may vary due to photography & computer settings
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About the art
Artist statement
The subject of several, free and often ambiguous interpretations, Cactus is the icon of Italian design that has revolutionized the domestic landscape, by subverting the borders between indoor area and open space. Cactus comes as an ironic totem, and embodies the grit, the imagination and the humor of the design of the Seventies. Likely to draw upon itself everybody’s attention, this hall-tree redeems itself from functionalism at all costs, because it can perform its function, but also be used as a merry decorative element. You have freedom of interpretation. Cactus comes to life in 1972 thanks to the genius of Guido Drocco and Franco Mello, and from the start it questions the static and rigid world of interior design
Material : Polyurethane.
Artist profile
Drocco/Mello
Born: 1942
Hometown: Cuneo/Genoa
Based in: Italy
Guido Drocco was born in San Benedetto Belbo, Cuneo in 1942. He graduated with a degree in Architecture from the Polytechnic University of Turin and worked professionally in the field of architecture and industrial design. In 1966 he became an architectural design lecturer at the Faculty of Architecture at the …
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