By Gabriele
What would happen if a Greek column fell and broke into several pieces?
Gufram has no doubts: it would become a modular seating system.
The design icon of the week that we propose is certainly the most pop and extravagant among those that have taken place in recent months.
Created by Gufram, it was designed by Studio65, an avant-garde collective of architects, designers and artists active in Turin since 1965.
Founded, among others, by Franco Audrito (here a nice interview), the group was born in open contrast with the Modern Movement, which prefers criteria of pure functionality over aesthetics.
Studio65 has created many projects revisiting classic elements in an ironic and postmodern key but also symbolic elements of the pop art of the 60s.
Among the most famous works, in addition to the serious Attica and the Capitello chair, certainly the Bocca sofa, inspired by the famous Dalì installation of the thirties as a portrait of the Hollywood actress Mae West.
The aesthetic of the ‘Attica’ series refers directly to the marble columns of the Erechtheion of the Acropolis of Athens.
Just like the columns of the Ionic temple, the polyurethane blocks were carved by hand.
The marble appearance, however, contrasts decisively with the softness of the material with which they are made, which at the same time guarantees lightness and comfort.
The cross section of the column creates the ‘Attica’ seat, the section at the base, tapered cylindrical shape is the ‘Attica TL’ table, which has a double-sided glass surface, opaque on one side and glossy mirror on the other.
This series of furniture is finished in Guflac Ultra, which furs polyurethane and makes it resistant to atmospheric agents.; The idea behind it is that, just like the ruins of ancient Greece, these furnishings can also be left in open spaces without deteriorating too much.
Famous all over the world, the Attica series is part of the permanent collection of many museums, from the Metropolitan Museum in New York to the Centre Pompidou in Paris passing through the Denver Art Museum.
A specimen is also in the Louvre in the Decorative Arts section, near the Nike of Samothrace.
