DAKAR - chair and table22. Sep2011
Latest creation of Marco Dessí is Dakar, a stackable chair made from powder coated black/white/black and yellow aluminium sheet on a polyester coated tubular structure.
"The backrest which is made out of only one 2mm strong aluminium sheet demonstrates both, the stability and at the same time flexibility of the material when cleverly applied. Covering the legs of the chair like a dress, the bent metal sheet results in a backrest of grand stability, and still it gives way like a spring when you lean back. The choice of material makes Dakar a light but extremely durable piece of furniture suitable for outdoors just as much as indoors.The chair creates the impression as if it could be taken apart into its basic components within seconds.This constructive approach reminds of earlier and more transparent stages of mechanization while being totally contemporary." - Marco Dessí
Dakar chair and table will be available soon through Skitsch
"After an apprenticeship in the technical field, Marco Dessí(born 1976 in Merano, Italy) studied industrial design at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, where some of his student projects allready drew international attention, like his concept for a radiator adapting an industrial function and aesthetics to the living space. In 2007 he founded his own design studio and since then realizes projects with renowned manufacturers like Lobmeyr, Augarten or Richard Lampert.For Augarten Vienna, second-oldest porcelain manufacturer in Europe, he recently designed their first dinner service in forty years, guiding the company a considerable step further into the present. Marco Dessís approach of tinkering with shapes and possibilities until they "fit"and feel light and intuitive again, his close reading of the production process, be it crafted or industrial, and the sparse but effective use of fine detail leads to products that suggest both the radically contemporary and aesthetic longevity.Marco Dessí lives and works in Vienna."Text by Tina Thiel,cultural scientist, editor, co-operator and curator of the multidisciplinary exhibition space "Ausstellungsraum"
Photo by Flora Randale aka. Caat
