This object is rich in allusions; Kore in fact means girl and in the statuary of classical Greece the woman was represented with extreme rigor and with the Peplo, the female dress, which bandaged and enhanced the body. This product is in fact covered with a stretched fabric that, just like the Peplo, wraps the structure of the sofa that shines through lines and surfaces, reduced to geometric simplicity. The only “uncovered” point is a pences that lifts the coating, highlighting, in tension, the hidden structure below. The armrests completed by licked tablets, are sliding /
Projeteren itlien projeter, Ed. SIM, by Carla Venosta , P. 71, Year 1990 - Immagine di un’azienda il Gruppo Industriale Busnelli, a cura di Ugo La Pitra, Ed. special Caleidoscopio, P. 101, Year 1986
Carla VENOSTA (1924-2019) is an artist born in Monza in 1924; she graduated in Architecture at the Milan Polytechnic and began her career as a designer in 1971 dealing with product design, set-ups, craftsmanship. Her name is inextricably linked to ingenious solutions to design problems in the various sectors: design, style and architecture. Among his projects for home and workplace furnishing are those of the Variabile office system (Arflex 1975), the management systems Koré and Portello (Busnelli 1985, 1989), the bookcases Antologia 2 (Tosimobili 1982) and Telemaco ( Alinovi 1993), the Excalibur desk service (De Vecchi, 1989), the Renzo and Lucia table (Bernini 1991), the Le Violon chair with crystal back (Gallotti & Radice, 1992) and the wicker armchair Alice (Vittorio Bonacina , 1996). A very active member of ADI, she was a member of the Steering Committee from 1991 to 1992, she was vice president of ICSID (the current World Design Organization) and she was a member of the board of directors of the Milan Triennale in 1983 and 1992. She has participated in numerous exhibitions, from Design & Design (Milan 1979) to Moi et chez moi, Paris 1990, to Arredo urbano (Milan 1989) and Going Home, London 1991. Two Compasso d'Oro awards for products designed by her: in 1979 for the electromedical Mark 5 for Amplais and in 1981 for the Teknico industrial integrated false ceiling (Tremisol), as well as three Honorable Mentions. Her work as a designer is collected in the volume Carla Venosta. 30 Italian industrial design projects, curated by Gianfranco Farioli, Veronica Voltolina (Milan, Electa, 2007). Established in the field of exhibition design, setting up and planning for the city, Carla Venosta has contributed, also with her political commitment, to enhancing the presence of women in our society. /