Spoon Stool by Kartell designed by Antonio Citterio with Toan Nguyen
An original stool that is elegantly functional. The innovation of Spoon consists mainly in attaching the seat to a central support with a specially reinforced curve that guarantees flexibility and comfort. Furthermore, because of a sophisticated design solution, the gas lift pump adjusts to heights between 22.33 and 30" and is perfectly integrated with the seat. Spoon lends itself well to counterstool seating.
Antonio Citterio Antonio Citterio was born in Meda in 1950. He graduated in architecture from Milan Polytechnic and opened his studio in 1972 where he started his architectural and interior design business. Between 1987 and 1996, he worked in association with Terry Dwan and, together, they created buildings in Europe and Japan. Among his most significant works: the restyling of a block in the historical centre of Seregno, Esprit headquarters in Amsterdam, Antwerp and Milan, industrial plants for Vitra, in Germany, and for Antonio Fusco, in Milan. In 1999 ??Antonio Citterio and Partners? was founded by Citterio and Patricia Viel, a multidisciplinary practice for architectural design, industrial design and graphics. Antonio Citterio and Partners has taken part in a great number of international competitions, winning many. Since 2006, Antonio Citterio has been a professor at the Accademia di Architettura dell??Università della Svizzera Italiana and, since 2007, he has been a member of the Italian Design Council. In 2007, he received the ??Royal Designer for Industry? award from the ??Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce? in London.
Toan Nguyen was born in Paris in 1969, and graduated with honors in Industrial Design at ENSCI-Les Ateliers, Paris, in 1995. After professional experiences in several design offices in Paris, Barcelona, and Milan, he began his collaboration with Antonio Citterio in 1998. Since 2000, he has managed the design department of Antonio Citterio, becoming design partner in 2004 and working with international companies such as Alfa Romeo, B&B Italia, Kartell, Metalco, Technogym, and Vitra. In 2008, Toan Nguyen launched his own design office based in Milan, with a branch office in Paris, collaborating with leading international companies based in Italy, United States, Germany and Spain.
Creativity and technology, glamour and functionality, quality and innovation: a combination of extraordinary factors together with a strategic vision of distribution has contributed to the lasting success of Kartell. By cultural and entrepreneurial choice, since its origins in 1949 the Italian manufacturer has chosen to characterize itself as the market leader in the production of designer articles which use technology and plastic materials. This choice requires a great understanding of materials and transformation technology. A leader in furniture design, Kartell addresses an international audience with a collection unique in originality, variety, size, and range.
Antonio Citterio
