Mario Bellini Cartesius Table
Around the middle of the 1950s, coinciding with one of the most
brilliant and exalted moments in new Italian design, an award was born
with the intention of showing recognition to the finest creators and
projects, which would eventually be regarded as the most prestigious
design prize in the world: the Compasso d´Oro.
Right in the middle of
national reconstruction in the wake of the devastation of the Second
World War, no country more than Italy understood the importance of
Industrial Design as a motivating and differentiating production,It
achieved its objective to the extent that, from then on and until the
present day, the concept of Design would be almost inevitably
associated with the identity and idiosyncrasy of the transalpine
country.
While initially the Compasso d´Oro prizes focused their
attention on other kinds of objects, the introduction of technology to
furniture manufacturing incorporated these elements of such common,
everyday use into the roll call of the prestigious awards. And it was
in 1962 that the table whose name corresponded to its same year of
creation, designed by Mario Bellini, became the first piece of
furniture to belong to the distinguished by such a important award.
Forty-two years later, Andreu World, together with Mario Bellini, have
tried to maintain intact the spirit of the original "1962" in
presenting the table "CARTESIUS", which is made entirely from plywood
covered in natural oak and wengue, retaining all the allure and
lightness of the original design while incorporating a newer, more
contemporary aura. New versión: white plexiglass.
Design:
Mario Bellini
Year:
2005
Manufacturer:
Andreu World
Mario Bellini designs
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