Alessandro Mendini Do-Ro-Ta collection for Comforty
The Milan presentation featured a collaboration between Comforty and one of the most influential designers of the 20th century, Alessandro Mendini. By placing the concept of the products designed for Comforty between the traditional and the contemporary, Alessandro Mendini introduced versatile pieces into the collection – tables and stools, and a rare inlayed wood technique. Traditional craftsmanship merged with new technology resulted in perfect shapes that became a medium for neo-pop and abstract compositions. They referred to the Mendini involvement in creating someof the first magazine publications about the design. The also recall one the fundamental point of the radical design, that objects, apart of their function, shall represent higher, artistic and decorative values. In a return to basic forms, the archetypal geometry allowed for the design of three cylindrical forms of different heights and diameters that can shift from one function to another. Depending on the need, they are easily adaptable to various settings as seats, tables and stools. The geometric simplicity is made sophisticated through the generous texture of the natural wood – walnut, ipe lapacho and elm veneer.
“The cylinder is a perfect geometric shape. These three little pieces from Do-Ro-Ta furniture feature cylinders of different heights and diameters. The first is a very low, wide stool suitable for two or three people; the second is a conventional stool for one; and the third is a small coffee table. Their decorative look is provided by a composition of three different types of inlaid wood that generate naturalistic and abstract figures with a neo-pop character. The wood confers a poetic and organic feeling on these three objects. They are like geometrized tree trunks brought inside the home.”
Alessandro Mendini
March 2015