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Acerbis Free System Sofa by Claudio Salocchi UTOPIA

$42,809per item
£32,782.90per item
€38,381.91per item
CA$61,578.82per item
A$62,557.58per item
CHF 35,743.18per item
MX$763,450.74per item
NOK 418,181.43per item
SEK 424,377.52per item
DKK 287,067.99per item
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DUPLEX presents UTOPIA: an exhibition that celebrates the spirit of the second postwar Italian Design Revolution. “The fantastic achievement of Italian Design is the incredibly rich cultural transfer into mass products. The influence of these pieces in the pop culture is incommensurable; I like to make a parallel with the Beatles in popular music. Perhaps, in our modern advanced digitalized democracies, design has lost a bit of its ingenuity and the utopic world is no longer being sought. I want this exhibit to be a tribute to the original vision that permeated the early years of Italian design.” The exhibition feat selection of iconic pieces, with a focus on Acerbis: the “Free System” sofa and “Napoleone” table by Claudio Salocchi, “Due Più” chairs and “Storet” chests by Nanda Vigo and the “Florian”folding table by Vico Magistretti. These, along with cc-tapis rug designed by the Georgian duo “Rooms Studio”, an original 1958 Luigi Caccia Dominioni “Catilina” armchair, a 1973 “Orseolo” desk designed by Scarpa and the 1975 masterpiece “Bramante" sideboard by Kazuhide Takahama for Simon. A couple of “Botolo” chairs by Cini Boeri for Arflex in Casentino wool, the “Dolmen” lamp by Ferruccio Laviani for Foscarini and the instant classic “Spade”chair by Faye Toogood for Please Wait to be Seated. Diptych - Tar on Canvas “Untitiled”: (No Trace - 2009 -2010 ) is an work by John Colao inspired and created during the Big Sur basin fire in 2009. In 1973, Claudio Salocchi designed Free System: a system of padded furniture deriving from the concept of “operated flooring”, or tatami, where the padded units could be placed freely side by side. With its completely modular and sectional elements and from the perspective of an optimal use of space, we can view Free System as the embodiment of the modern house utopia. A programme of padded furniture that goes beyond the sofa model, Free System presents a series of elements (tatami, pouf and seat with different and interchangeable backrests) that make up a modular system that can be arranged in a variety of combinations. Available elements _ seat module with curved backrest: L100 D100 H74, seat H39 cm; _ seat module with inclined backrest: L100 D100 H74, seat H39 cm; _ pouf module: L100 D100 H39 cm; _ tatami module: L100 D100 H14 cm; The upholstered modules can be joined together to create infinite unlimited, continual, different configurations, creating islands or linear, more regular, ordinary compositions. The seat modules can also be used individually as pouf or tatami elements. Available upholstery Maia (cat.B), Anima (cat.C), Natura (cat.D), Paradise (cat.E), Moss, (cat.G) and Nabuk. Shown in Paradise fabric CAT E
  • Creator:
    Claudio Salocchi (Designer),Acerbis (Manufacturer)
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 29.14 in (74 cm)Width: 118.12 in (300 cm)Depth: 118.12 in (300 cm)Seat Height: 15.36 in (39 cm)
  • Materials and Techniques:
  • Place of Origin:
  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    2025
  • Production Type:
    New & Custom(Current Production)
  • Estimated Production Time:
    12-13 weeks
  • Condition:
  • Seller Location:
    Brooklyn, NY
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU1639244234432

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