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ITALY / Milan: Sciangai by Zanotta
by Modem – Posted June 25 2013
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In the catalogue since 1973, Sciangai is one of the complements that most represents design from the ‘70s; a period between Pop and a new domestic-functional language. The three designers created it for Zanotta by envisaging a very simple shape which was, at the same time, an answer to what was required of it. “Objects must enter into a relationship with the user, and must be easy to use,” explain Paolo Lomazzi. For its creators, De Pas, D’Urbino e Lomazzi, form and function are fused with the elegance of the wooden sticks game of the same name. Just recently, in 2009, the piece was reinterpreted by the designers at Fabrica, and renamed Bunch of Tools by Trans-forma, a piece that has now become part of the Edizioni Zanotta, which are all numbered. Winner of various awards including the prestigious Compasso d’oro in 1979, Sciangai is on show in major museums worldwide, such as the MOMA in New York, the Kunstgewerbemuseum in Berlin and the Triennale Design Museum in Milan.

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