Aleph Driade Enzo Mari Box | 1976
Chair produced by Aleph Driade, design Enzo Mari, Box model, 1976.
Removable structure in gray painted tubular metal, seat and back in white injection molded propylene. Once dismantled, the components of this chair could be easily placed in a box.
Sizes: H82, W43, D45, HS45.
Set of four chairs in excellent vintage condition.
Description
The ingenious design of the Box chair, which must be assembled by the user, features a perforated seat made of injection-molded polypropylene and a removable frame made of tubular metal.
The components are supplied disassembled in a box that gives the product its name, all of which is placed in a correspondingly sized plastic bag.
This design reflects Mari’s passion for puzzles, but at the same time the chair’s solid, unadorned appearance, along with the range of bright colors available (including lemon yellow, bright orange, and cobalt blue), demonstrate his mastery of creating objects that are not only fashionable and sought-after, but also intelligent, well-conceived, and above all rational.
The Box chair was an immediate success, in part because it responded to the trend, born in the 1960s, of furniture that could be disassembled and easily transported.
Some of Mari’s early chair designs share with the Box chair a substantial quality combined with maximum functionality. Currently out of production, the Box chair was reissued in 1996 by Driade for a period of four years.
Photographs from a private collection (Museo Della Sedia) of vintage Italian design chairs. © All rights reserved.
Aleph Driade Enzo Mari Box | 1976
Chair produced by Aleph Driade, design Enzo Mari, Box model, 1976.
Removable structure in gray painted tubular metal, seat and back in white injection molded propylene. Once dismantled, the components of this chair could be easily placed in a box.
Sizes: H82, W43, D45, HS45.
Set of four chairs in excellent vintage condition.
Description
The ingenious design of the Box chair, which must be assembled by the user, features a perforated seat made of injection-molded polypropylene and a removable frame made of tubular metal.
The components are supplied disassembled in a box that gives the product its name, all of which is placed in a correspondingly sized plastic bag.
This design reflects Mari’s passion for puzzles, but at the same time the chair’s solid, unadorned appearance, along with the range of bright colors available (including lemon yellow, bright orange, and cobalt blue), demonstrate his mastery of creating objects that are not only fashionable and sought-after, but also intelligent, well-conceived, and above all rational.
The Box chair was an immediate success, in part because it responded to the trend, born in the 1960s, of furniture that could be disassembled and easily transported.
Some of Mari’s early chair designs share with the Box chair a substantial quality combined with maximum functionality. Currently out of production, the Box chair was reissued in 1996 by Driade for a period of four years.
Photographs from a private collection (Museo Della Sedia) of vintage Italian design chairs. © All rights reserved.
