Achille Castiglioni & Paolo Ferrari / BBB Bonachina Italia, Desk Quark, 1982

...SOLD...

Modernist desk with simple and pure lines, resulting from a collaboration between Achille Castiglioni and Paolo Ferrari édition BBB Bonachina Italia in 1982, reminiscent of the modernism of the "Zig Zag chair" and Gerrit Rietveld's armchair...
Several versions have been edited (see photo of the models), this one includes a straight box with 3 drawers.
Black lacquered wood structure, very good condition.

Achille Castiglioni studied architecture at the Milan Polytechnic and graduated in 1944. He joined his two brothers Livio (1911-1979) and Pier Giacomo (1913-1968) in their design studio in Milan. As with some of their younger architectural colleagues (Ettore Sottsass or Marco Zanuso), the lack of architectural projects led the Castiglioni brothers to develop design projects for Italian manufacturers wishing to revive their business after the war. Livio left the family studio in 1952. During the 1950s and 1960s, the brothers Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni created a large number of objects for manufacturers such as Flos, BBB Bonachina Italia and Zanotta.
Paolo Ferrari is an internationally renowned designer and the founder of Studio Paolo Ferrari, a multidisciplinary design studio based in Toronto that focuses on interiors and objects. Formerly a headmaster at renowned Canadian firm Yabu Pushelberg, Paolo Ferrari has led many prestigious projects, including leading the team responsible for transforming the interior spaces of the Four Seasons and Viceroy hotels. In 2016, Ferrari launched "Editions", a collection of furniture handcrafted in Canada. Ferrari spent many years designing the interiors of international luxury homes and hotels, eventually realizing there was an opportunity in the market to use his experience as a space curator to design his own furniture.