Mariolina

Frame: Grey Anthracite - Seat + Back: Red Bordeaux 1802 C Frame: Grey Anthracite - Seat + Back: Sky Blue 1803 C Frame: White - Seat + Back: Red Bordeaux 1802 C

Designed by Enzo Mari, 2002

Materials

• Stacking chair. Frame in chromed steel tube. Seat and back in polypropylene.

Available finishes

• Frame: Grey Anthracite - Seat + Back: Red Bordeaux 1802 C
• Frame: Grey Anthracite - Seat + Back: Sky Blue 1803 C
• Frame: White - Seat + Back: Red Bordeaux 1802 C
• Frame: White - Seat + Back: Sky Blue 1803 C
• Frame: Chromed - Seat + Back: Orange 1085 C
• Frame: Chromed - Seat + Back: Grey Anthracite 1420 C
• Frame: Chromed - Seat + Back: White 1700 C
• Frame: White Seat and Back: White 1700 C
• Frame: Grey Anthracite Seat and Back: Grey Anthracite 1420 C

About the designer

Enzo Mari

Enzo Mari (1932-2020) studied at the Accademia delle Belle Arti in Milan, and alongside his studies, in the fifties he had already developed an intense artistic production, with personal and collective exhibitions at galleries and contemporary art museums.

At the same time, he also began his design work, at first as personal, formal research, and later in collaboration with numerous industrial companies, in the graphics and publishing, industrial products and exhibition fittings sectors. His work was internationally acclaimed and considered to be among the most representative of Italian design. It was distinguished by constant research and experimentation with new product forms and meanings, often set in contrast with the traditional norms of industrial design. His unique position as an artist-cum-designer was documented in the many publications dedicated to his work, and in his participation in major institutions, including ADI – the Italian industrial design association, of which he was president from 1976 to 1979. He was awarded three times with the Compasso d’Oro, and his art works and objects are included in the collections of several contemporary art museums.

In 1983 a major personal exhibition was held by the “Centro Studi e Archivio della Comunicazione” at the University of Parma, which conserves 8,500 designs and drawings from his archive, donated by him. His work also included research and design in the field of street furniture (City of Milan, revamping of Piazza del Duomo) and education, in the form of conferences and series of lectures both in Italy and abroad, including courses given at the Institute of Art History of the University of Parma, and at the faculty of Architecture of the Politecnico in Milan.