Originally designed in 1959 for the Carimate golf club north of Milan, from which the chair takes its name, Vico Magistretti’s bold and charismatic design became a highly prized collectable piece from the Italian designer’s body of work. A strikingly memorable as well as comfortable chair, the Carimate™ is known for its bold personality and finely detailed construction.
Reintroducing Magistretti’s charismatic Carimate in natural Beech and Black Coloured Ash with paper cord seat as a pure and honest expression of the design icon. Perfect for creating a bold and memorable dining setting and a must-have for collectors of Magistretti works.
Height 76.5 cm
Width 58 cm
Depth 45 cm
Seat Height 46 cm
Armrest Height 63.6 cm
Products weight 9.4 kg
Vico Magistretti was born and educated in Milan. His award-winning designs are exhibited at design museums worldwide; he has worked together with many prestiguous companies throughout the world. Magistretti is an honorary visiting professor at the Royal College of Art in London.
Approx. 80% of Magistretti's products designed since the early sixties are still in production. His immense success is attributable to the simplicity and modesty in his easy, elegant form idiom based on established and natural shapes - yet with the respect for cultural and historic values and traditions.
This is obvious in his designs for Fritz Hansen, Vico and VicoDuo.rking for Zanotta, Porro, Magis he uses fibreglass, gels, aluminium foam, neoprene and three-dimensional textiles.
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