Plia with Vienna straw
Designed by Giancarlo Piretti, 1967
When it was presented in 1967 at the Milan Furniture Fair, the chair received such acclaim from the public that many visitors left the stand, taking the ones on display with them. As a consequence of this unorthodox compliment, the chairs were tied to the stand with a chain. Thanks to Plia and his study on the “three-disc pivot”, thus revolutionizing the concept of the folding chair, Giancarlo Piretti has gone down in history with the nickname of “Thonet of the 20th century”. Available in different colors, from the steel frame to its seat and backrest, it even boasts a version in Vienna straw stretched over a solid wood frame, capable of further enriching an icon of all-Italian style.
Giancarlo Piretti
Born in Bologna in 1940, Piretti studied at the Istituto Statale d'Arte in the same city before joining Anonima Castelli as a designer. One of his most famous works is the Plia chair, presented in 1969. Among his most important creations are Plona, Platone and DSC 106, which would later propagate its lines to the Axis 3000 and 4000 models. In 1988, at the NeoCon in Chicago, he presented the Piretti Collection: a series of over 50 chairs and seats characterized by a patented mechanism on the backrest, which allows the chairs to be adjusted according to the user's weight.
Spare Parts
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