Martingala Dining Chair - 1959, part of COLLECTIONAL's curated selection of Dining Chairs by Marco Zanuso

Martingala Dining Chair - 1959

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The Martingala Dining Chair - 1959 is inspired by Marco Zanuso’s iconic 1950s designs, a homage to Italian design heritage. Crafted from rattan using thermo-bending techniques, it's naturally flexible and resilient, perfect for outdoor living. Choose between two finishes: a classic natural tone or a deeper barrique shade.

Martingala Dining Chair - 1959, part of COLLECTIONAL's curated selection of Dining Chairs by Marco ZanusoMartingala Dining Chair - 1959, part of COLLECTIONAL's curated selection of Dining Chairs by Marco ZanusoMartingala Dining Chair - 1959, part of COLLECTIONAL's curated selection of Dining Chairs by Marco Zanuso

Marco Zanuso

Italian architect, designer, and educator

Marco Zanuso, an Italian architect, designer and educator whose work with industrial materials and manufacturing processes helped define post-war Italian design and establish it as a model of innovation, accessibility and formal clarity.

Zanuso was born in Milan and studied architecture at the Politecnico di Milano, graduating in 1939. After serving in the Italian Navy during the Second World War, he opened his own design office six years later. From the outset, he was active in shaping the discourse around modern design, serving as co-editor of Domus for two years, and of Casabella a bit later.

He was a founding member and first president of the Associazione per il Disegno Industriale (ADI) in 1954, and taught architecture, design and urban planning at the Politecnico di Milano throughout most his life. Zanuso maintained that design was not solely an aesthetic practice but a way to give meaning and direction to complex ideas, integrating technological, industrial, distribution and cultural variables into articles destined for mass production.

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