Alessandro Mendini first designs for Kartell
On the occasion of the 2015 Salone del Mobile, esteemed italian designer and architect Alessandro Mendini presents two projects for Kartell, marking his first collaboration with the company in a career that spans more than 50 years. the two pieces – an injection-moulded stool and a wall-mounted clock – clearly display mendini’s distinctive aesthetics, patterned with his typically tribal motifs.
Roy
The vibrantly colored stool, which doubles as a side table, is named ‘roy’ in a clear reference to the american pop artist roy lichtenstein. available in white, black, owder, blue a dark blue-green, the seating object has been crafted using mass-dyed polycarbonate.
‘the shape of the stool is the ancient shape of a chinese stool, and the pattern is a kind of interpretation of a roy lichtenstein pattern. so I mixed these two very different things together’, alessandro mendini told.
colors: white, black, powder, blue, dark blue-green
Crystal Palace - wall clock
The second part of the collection, is a clock made from a thermoplastic technopolymer, also rendered in the same vibrant colors. the timepiece takes its ‘crystal palace’ name from london’s famous glass hall, where mendini recalls a particularly impressive collection of –wall mounted clocks.
colors: orange, green, pink, crystal
