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.
