Parker
With the Parker sofa, Antonio Citterio and Flexform continue to
reinterpret furnishings that are clearly inspired by tradition.
These are objects conceptualized and designed with exquisite
contemporary sensibility that elicit an immediate sensation of “recognizability”.
Objects whose shapes, materials and beauty are part of us and summon
that visual culture of which we are the keepers. They allow us to instinctively
appreciate a new object for the images it recalls to our memory.
The structure of the Parker sofa is made of solid turned and
hand-finished wood. The finely woven material featured on the backrest and
armrests is also entirely hand-made. It has a single seat cushion and large,
generously padded loose cushions that lean against the backrest, which comes in
versions clad in woven cord or in cowhide.
The Parker family includes two- and three-seat sofas, an ottoman and an
element with a backrest and just one armrest that allows the creation of unique
arrangements.
About Designer | |
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Antonio Citterio |
Antonio Citterio was born in the Italian city of Meda in 1950. He opened his own studio in 1972 and completed his degree in architecture at the Polytechnic University of Milan in 1975. Between 1987 and 1996, he collaborated with Terry Dawn to design many buildings across Europe and Japan. In 2000, Citterio and Patricia Viel formed a multidisciplinary office for architecture, interior design and graphics. The office operates at international level developing complex long-term projects in synergy with a qualified network of specialist consultants. The practice is now called “Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel”. Antonio Citterio works in the industrial design sector with companies such as Ansorg, Arclinea, Axor-Hansgrohe, B&B Italia, Flexform, Flos, Hermès, Iittala, Kartell, Maxalto, Sanitec (Geberit Group), Technogym and Vitra. He has received numerous awards, including the Compasso d'Oro in 1987 and 1995. Citterio has been a professor at the Faculty of Architecture at the Università della Svizzera Italiana in Mendrisio from 2006 to 2016. He was awarded the title 'Royal Designer for Industry' by the London-based Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce in 2008. |