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Capitello
Attica
Attica TL
Capitello
Attica
Attica TL

Attica

Limited Edition 1/1000
  • CAPITELLO lounge chair, ATTICA armchair, and ATTICA TL coffee table by Studio 65 are designed by “deconstructing” a traditional Grecian column, resulting in a unique set that mimics different parts of the column. Each piece is handmade using soft polyurethane and finished with Guflac® Ultra, allowing them to be used indoors or out, and resembling the marble after which they were modeled. The tension between expectation and reality creates a sense of wonder as the plush softness of the furniture contrasts with the expected hardness of stone. This iconic set of pop art furniture has been featured in prestigious museums such as the Louvre and the Metropolitan Museum in New York, and serves as a monument to the ways in which materials are born anew from destruction.

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History

From collapse comes creation. Born as if from the “fall” of a traditional Grecian column, the CAPITELLO lounge chair, ATTICA armchair, and ATTICA TL coffee table by Studio 65 prove that deconstruction can lead to rebirth. Each piece mimics a portion of a traditional column in the Erechtheion style of the Athenian Acropolis: the CAPITELLO is an oversized and elegant lounge chair derived from the column’s head or “capital” – a radical and striking armchair that commands attention in any space it finds itself.

The set is completed with the ATTICA, a rounded armchair with a soft, graphic cushion, and ATTICA TL, a cylindrical side table with a reversible mirrored tabletop, both born from the columnar shaft. When they come together, they form a domestic sculpture that is so much more than just furniture. Ruins transformed into creation.

As with many of Gufram’s works, the set is hand-crafted from soft polyurethane in a texture that carefully resembles the stone after which it is modeled and finished in a Parthenon white shade with Guflac® Ultra, a versatile coating that allows it to be used indoors or out. This tension between expectation and reality brings a new level of wonder to the user: one expects the hardness of stone and is instead greeted by a plush softness that bends the senses.

CAPITELLO has made its way into some of the most important museums: the Louvre in Paris and the Metropolitan Museum in New York are both home to editions of this icon. The appeal of CAPITELLO is everlasting: a monument to the passing of time and the ways in which the materials of our world are born anew, wherever the column may fall.

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Attica