his chair combines a translucent support with a slender vertical pebbling, running along the entire outside of the rounded backrest, with its soft and snug lines. The seat is comfortable and welcoming, and the entire structure is light.
Founded by Giulio Castelli in Milan in 1949, Kartell has been one of the companies symbolising made in Italy design for over 60 years, a success story told through an incredible series of products that have become part of the domestic landscape; icons of contemporary design.
With Kartell collaboration of the most prestigious international designers: Philippe Starck, Ron Arad, Antonio Citterio, Ferruccio Laviani, Piero Lissoni, Patricia Urquiola, Tokujin Yoshioka, Mario Bellini, Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec, Alberto Meda, Patrick Jouin, Front and Nendo. The company business has been engaged on two fronts: LABWARE, laboratory equipment, and HABITAT dedicated to furniture, interior design items and lighting.
Creativity and technology, quality and innovation, glamour and functionality: an extraordinary combination of factors that has contribued to establish the success of Kartell worldwide.
Ronan Bouroullec (born 1971) and Erwan Bouroullec (born 1976) have been working together for about ten years now. Their collaboration is a permanent dialogue nourished by their distinct personalities and a shared notion of diligence with the intention to reach more balance and fineness.
Today, Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec design for numerous manufacturers, namely Vitra, Kvadrat, Magis, Kartell, Established and Sons, Ligne Roset, Axor, Alessi, Issey Miyake, Cappellini, Mattiazzi and more recently Flos and Mutina. At the same time, they maintain an experimental activity which is essential to the development of their work at Galerie kreo, Paris, where four exhibitions of their designs have been held between 2001 and 2012.
