Armchair and footrest Up 5/6, "La Mamma" by Gaetano Pesce for B&B Italia, 200s edition

In the early 1960s, the chemist bayer developed a polyurethane foam based on a new resin, allowing the creation of various shapes, in a simple way. From the middle of the decade, The italian design publisher c&b is seizing and investing in the possibilities offered by this evolution. The company then proposed to gaetano pesce, interested in new technologies and. The potential they offer, to experiment with this material: he develops the "serie up". Through this object, the designer symbolically expresses his vision of women. With the round ottoman, second element. Of the armchair, the designer specifies that he wanted to give this armchair a feminine shape with a ball at the foot. He wishes to denounce the status of women with a metaphor. During its. Presented at the milan furniture fair in 1969, the object is scandalous. The first edition of the mamma had no load-bearing structure and consisted of a single block, simplifying transport. Of the head office. Its volume was reduced by compressing it under vacuum in an airtight package. Once placed in the desired place, the buyer would clear the packaging of the seat, so that it. Swelled gently and returned to its original shape and size, thanks to the air that enters the alveoli of the polyurethane foam. Originally published by c&b, it was removed from the catalogue in 1973 at. Cause of the presence of freon gas. It reappears in 2000, manufactured in bayfit and marketed by b&b italia, the mamma is still marketed to this day. Reupholstered armchair, foam interior. Polyurethane consisting of two monobloc parts.

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